And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.

But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,

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,

and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

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 demons also went out from many, crying out and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was dried up because it had not moisture;

And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not get to him because of the crowd.

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as he went the crowds thronged him.

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things which were done by him, and was in perplexity, because it was said by some that John was risen from among the dead,

And John answering said, Master, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbad him, because he follows not with us.

And they did not receive him, because his face was turned as going to Jerusalem.

I say to you, Although he will not get up and give them to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise and give him as many as he wants.

and if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.

And he answering said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered such things?

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and well.

But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

Is he thankful to the bondman because he has done what was ordered? I judge not.

at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.

And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was little in stature.

But as they were listening to these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately manifested.

And he said to him, Well done, thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.

For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.

And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose it? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it.

And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.

and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children in thee; and shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation.

But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws nigh.

And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him;