So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and returned home.

and came on the eighth day to circumcise the child. They were about to call him "Zachariah," after his father,

And there came a great fear upon all in the neighborhood; and throughout the hill country of Judea all these sayings were much talked about.

When they had seen, they made known about the words which had been spoken to them concerning the child.

And John went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

And while the people were in expectation, and all men were debating in their hearts about John,

And Jesus himself when he began to teach was about thirty years of age. He was the son (as it was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

And the talk about him spread into every locality in the surrounding country.

But all the more the report about him continued to spread; and great crowds began to come together to hear him, and to be healed of their infirmities.

Then he looked round about on them in anger, and said to him, "Stretch out your hand!"

It happened about that time that he went out into the mountain to pray. He continued all night in prayer to God.

So when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to ask him to come and save his slave.

When John's messengers were gone he began to speak to the crowds about John, saying, "What went out you out to the desert to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?

for he had only one daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay dying. But as he went the crowds continued to press in on him.

(For there were about five thousand men.) "Make them sit down in table-companies, of about fifty each," he said to his disciples.

About eight days after this it happened that Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and went up on the mountain to pray.

These appeared in glory and talked about his departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

When the voice ceased Jesus was found alone. And they held their peace, and told no one at that time about what they had seen.

"Let these words sink into your ears; for the son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."

But they did not understand this saying; it was hidden from them so that they perceived it not, and they were sore afraid to ask him about his saying.

But Martha meanwhile was growing distracted about much serving. She came up to him and said: "Lord do you not care that my sister has left me alone to do the serving? Come tell her to take hold of her end of the work along with me."

"Martha, Martha," said Jesus, "you are anxious and worried about many things,

When the crowd were beginning to throng about him he proceeded to say. "This is an evil generation! It seeks a sign, and there shall be no sign be given to it except the sign of Jonah;

"And when they are bringing you before the synagogues and the rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you shall answer; or what you shall say;

"Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning;

Now there were some present at that very season who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

"He called to him to him and said: "'What is this that I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can no longer be steward.'

"It were well for him if a millstone were tied about his neck, and he were hurled into the sea, rather than he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

So he ran on before him and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; for he was about to pass that way.

"But that the dead are raised, even Moses clearly implied in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord. "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.

"Beware of the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and dote on salutations in the marketplaces, and on securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

And to some who were about the Temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones votive offerings, he said,

"Teacher, when will this be?" they asked him, "and what shall be the sign that these things are about to happen?"

"men lifeless through fear, and foreboding of that which is about to come upon the habitable earth. For the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,

But he himself withdrew from them about a stone's throw, kneeling down he prayed repeatedly, saying.

Those who were around him, when they saw what was about to happen, said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

But he denied it, saying, "Woman, I know nothing about him."

Now when Herod saw Jesus he was exceedingly glad. He had long been wanting to see him, because he had heard so much about him, and was hoping to see some miracles performed by him.

Then Herod and his soldiers set him at naught, and mocked him, and throwing about him a gorgeous robe, sent him back to Pilate.

It was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

On that same day two of his disciples were walking to Emmaus, a village about seven miles from Jerusalem.

They were talking together about all these events,