And joy shall be to thee, and gladness: and many shall rejoice at his birth.

For he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and fermented liquor he should not drink; and with the Holy Spirit shall he be filled, even from his mother's womb.

And Zacharias said to the messenger, By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in her days.

And, behold, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall be, because thou didst not believe my words, which shall be completed in their time.

And in the sixth month the messenger Gabriel was sent by God into a city of Galilee, to which the name Nazareth,

And having seen him, she was troubled at his words, and turned in her thoughts of what country this greeting might be.

He shall be great, and he shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father:

And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

And Mary said to the messenger, How shall this be, since I. know not man?

And the messenger having answered, said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

For nothing shall be impossible with God.

And Mary said Behold the servant of the Lord; may it be to me according to thy word. And the messenger departed from her.

And happy she having believed: for a completion of the things spoken shall be to her from the Lord.

And it was in the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him by the name of his father Zacharias.

And his mother, having answered said, Nay; but he shall be called John.

And they said to her, That there is none among thy kindred who is called by this name.

And all having heard, set in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, from forever:

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

Through the bowels of mercy of our God; by which the rising of the sun of sublimity has reviewed us,

And it was in those days an order came out from Caesar Angustus, for the whole habitable globe to be enrolled.

And all went to be enrolled, each in his own city.

To be enrolled with Mary his betrothed wife, being pregnant.

And the messenger said to them, Fear not : for, behold, I announce you good news, great joy, which shall be to all people.

And all having heard wondered at the things spoken to them by the shepherds.

And when eight days were completed for circumcising the child and his name was called JESUS, called by the messenger before he was conceived in the womb.

(As has been written in the law of the Lord, That every male openingthe womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

And it was intimated to him by the Holy Spirit, not to see death, before he should see the Christ of the Lord.

And be took him into his arms, and praised God, and said :

(And also a spear shall pass through the soul of thyself,) so that the reasonings from many hearts might be revealed.

And they, having supposed him to be in the caravan, came the way of a day, and sought him among Kingmen and among acquaintances.

And he said to them, For what have ye sought me ? knew ye not that among the things of my Father I must be ?

Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mount and hill shall be lowered; and the crooked shall be into straightness, and the rough into smooth ways.

Then said he to the crowds coming out to he immersed by him, Generation of vipers, who indicated to you to flee from the anger about to come

And publicans came to be immersed, and said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?

And they making war asked him, saying, And what shall do? And he said to them, Shake none violently, neither make slanderous accusation; and be content with your pay.

And the people awaiting, and all reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he may not be the Christ;

And Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod did,

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from Jordan, and was led by the Holy Spirit into the desert,

Being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days: and they having ended, he afterward hungered.

And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, say thou to this stone that it might be bread.

And Jesus answered to him saying, It has been written, That not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word of God.

Therefore if thou worship before me, all shall be thine.

And Jesus answered him, saying, Be then silent, and come Out of him. And the demon having thrown him into the midst, came out of him, not having injured him.

And demons came out of many, crying, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And answering he suffered them not to speak, for they knew him to be Christ.

And likewise also James and John, Zebedee's sons, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now thou shalt be capturing men.

And having put forth the hand, he touched him, saying, I will: be thou cleansed. And the leprosy departed from him.

But the more the word passed through concerning him: and many crowds came together to hear, anti to be cured from their weaknesses.

And after these, he went out, and saw a publican, by name Levi, sitting by the custom-house; and he said to him, Follow me.

But the days will come also, when the bridegroom shall be carried away from them; then shall they fast in those days.

And none put new wine into old wineskins; and if not so, the new wine bursts the wine-skins, and it will be poured out, and the wine-skins will perish.

And having come down with them, he stood upon a level place, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the maritime country of Tyre and Sidon, they also came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Happy the hungering now: for ye shall be satisfied. Happy the weeping now: for ye shall laugh.

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing back; and your reward shall be much, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the graceless and evil.

Be ye therefore compassionate, as also your Father is compassionate.

And judge not, and ye should not be judged: condemn not, and ye should not be condemned: loose ye, and ye shall be loosed.

Give, and it shall be given you; good measure, yielded, and shaken, and overflowed, shall they give into your bosom: for with the same measure that ye measure, shall it be measured back to you.

For the learner is not above his teacher: and every one set in order shall be as his teacher.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns they gather not figs, nor of the bramble do they harvest the grape.

And a certain centurion's servant being sick, was about to die; which was highly valued by him.

Therefore neither thought I myself worthy to come to thee: but speak in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

And happy is he, whoever should not be offended in me.

And the messengers of John having departed, he began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye forth into the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

And the Pharisees, and they pertaining to the law, rejected the counsel of God against themselves, not immersed by him.

And they not having to pay, he bestowed as a gift upon both. Which of them therefore will love him the more? Say thou.

And a great crowd being together, and coming to him in the city, he spake by a parable:

The sower went out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some truly fell by the way, and was trodden down, and the fowls of heaven devoured it.

And his disciples asked him, saying, What may this parable be?

And they by the way are they hearing; then comes the devil, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they should be saved.

For there is nothing hid, which should not be made manifest; nor concealed, which should not be made known, and come clear.

See therefore how ye hear: for whoever should have, shall be given him; and whoever should not have, and what he seems to have shall be taken away from him.

For he proclaimed to the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it snatched him: and he was bound with chains, and being guarded with fetters; and bursting the bonds, he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

And all the multitude of the country round about, of the Gadarenes, asked him to depart from them; for they were held fast by great fear: and he having gone into the ship, returned.

And the man from whom the demons had gone out implored him to be with him: and Jesus loosed him, saying,

And a woman being in a flowing of blood for twelve years, who having expended all the means of subsistence upon physicians, could not be cured by any.

And Jesus having heard, answered him, saying, Fear not: only believe, and she shall be saved.

And Herod the tetrarch heard all done by him: and was in perplexity, for it was said by certain, that John had been raised from the dead.

And by certain, that Elias has appeared.; and by others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen.

And he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, There are no more to us than five loaves and two fishes; except having gone we buy food for all this people.

For they were about five thou sand men. And he said to his disciples, Place them reclining by fifty in a place for reposing.

And having taken the five loaves and two fishes, having looked up to heaven, be praised them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the crowd.

And it was in his being alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom do the crowds say me to be?

And he said to them, And whom say ye me to be? And Peter having answered said, The Christ of God.

Saying, That the Son of man must suffer many things, and be disapproved of by the more ancient and the chief priests and the scribes, and be slain, and be raised up the third day.

For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he should come in the glory of himself, and of the Father, and of the holy messengers.

And it was in their having withdrawn from him, Peter said to Jesus, Ruler, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he says.

And Jesus having answered said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you, and endure you I Bring hither thy son.

Put ye these words into your ears: for the Son of man is about to be delivered up into the bands of men.

And there came up a conference among them, thus, which of them should be the greatest.

And Jesus, having seen the reflection of their heart, having taken up a child, set it by himself,

And he said to them, Whoever should receive this child in my name receives me: and whoever should receive me, receives him having sent me: for he being less among you all, the same shall be great.

Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor shoes: and greet none by the way.

And if truly the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: and if not so, it shall turn back to you.

And I say to you, that it shall be more supportable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

But for Tyre and Sidon shall it be more supportable in judgment, than for you.

And thou, Capernaurn, indeed even lifted up to heaven, shalt be cast down to hades.

All things were delivered me by my Father: and none knows who is the Son, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and to whomsoever the Son would wish to reveal.

And by accident a certain priest went down in that way : and having seen him, went on the opposite side.

And it was in their going forth, and he came to a certain town : and a certain woman by the name of Martha received him in her house.

And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father he in the heavens, Holy be thy name. Let thy kingdom come. Let thy will be, as in heaven, also upon the earth.