Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,

as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,

And it came to pass, as he fulfilled his priestly service before God in the order of his course,

to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, thou favoured one! the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women.

And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:

And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

For behold, as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped with joy in my womb.

And blessed is she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from the Lord.

For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy is his name;

and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him.

(as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.

And they made signs to his father as to what he might wish it to be called.

And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.

and raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of David his servant;

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

deliverance from our enemies and out of the hand of all who hate us;

to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear

on account of the bowels of mercy of our God; wherein the dayspring from on high has visited us,

and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city Nazareth to Judaea, to David's city, the which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him as his wife, she being great with child.

for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ the Lord.

And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.

And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.

(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord: A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and as the parents brought in the child Jesus that they might do for him according to the custom of the law,

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this child is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against;

and had completed the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and his parents knew not of it;

And when they saw him they were amazed: and his mother said to him, Child, why hast thou dealt thus with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee distressed.

And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business?

as it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet: Voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And already also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

And he said to them, Take no more money than what is appointed to you.

But as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether he might be the Christ,

John answered all, saying, I indeed baptise you with water, but the mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to unloose; he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire;

whose winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli,

And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for it is given up to me, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee to keep thee;

and on their hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise thou strike thy foot against a stone.

And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered,

And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.

And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.

saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And astonishment came upon all, and they spoke to one another, saying, What word is this? for with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

And when the sun went down, all, as many as had persons sick with divers diseases, brought them to him, and having laid his hands on every one of them, he healed them;

And it came to pass, as the crowd pressed on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:

And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

And he enjoined him to tell no one; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses ordained, for a testimony to them.

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason in their minds, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins but God alone?

which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?

And he spoke also a parable to them: No one puts a piece of a new garment upon an old garment, otherwise he will both rend the new, and the piece which is from the new will not suit with the old.

but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved.

And no one having drunk old wine straightway wishes for new, for he says, The old is better.

But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?

And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were with him,

how he entered into the house of God and took the shewbread and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is not lawful that any eat, unless the priests alone?

And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.

Jesus therefore said to them, I will ask you if it is lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch out thy hand. And he did so and his hand was restored as the other.

And he, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:

rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets.

bless those that curse you; pray for those who use you despitefully.

To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.

And as ye wish that men should do to you, do ye also to them in like manner.

And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.

And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? for even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.

Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.

The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.

But why lookest thou on the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye?

or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me, I will cast out the mote that is in thine eye, thyself not seeing the beam that is in thine eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother.

For there is no good tree which produces corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree which produces good fruit;

for every tree is known by its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from a bramble.

The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked man out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Every one that comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will shew you to whom he is like.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; but a great rain coming, the stream broke upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded on the rock.

And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has built a house on the ground without a foundation, on which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of that house was great.

But they, being come to Jesus, besought him diligently, saying, He is worthy to whom thou shouldest grant this,

for he loves our nation, and himself has built the synagogue for us.

And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city was with her.

And fear seized on all, and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has been raised up amongst us; and God has visited his people.

and John, having called two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

But the men having come to him said, John the baptist has sent us to thee, saying, Art thou he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.