but the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias; for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John:

And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to prepare for the Lord a people well-disposed.

And the angel answered and said unto her, The holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee, and therefore thine holy offspring shall be called the Son of God: and lo,

according to what is required in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.

and said to Him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for it is committed to me, and I give it to whomsoever I will.

to keep thee, and they shall bear thee up in their hands, least thou dash thy foot against a stone.

"The spirit of the Lord is upon me to the end, for which He hath anointed me: He hath sent me to publish good tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to release them that are bruised,

And they all bare witness to Him, and wondered at the gracefulness of the words, which proceeded from his mouth, and said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

and they rose up and drove Him out of the city, and dragged Him to the brow of the hill, on which their city was built, in order to throw Him down the precipice.

And they were all amazed, and said one to another, What a speech is this? for with authority and power He commandeth the impure spirits, and they come out!

And one day, as He was teaching, there were pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present to heal the people:

but that ye may know, that the Son of man hath power even on earth to forgive sins, (He spake to the paralytic) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go to thine house.

And they said unto Him, Why do the disciples of John frequently fast and pray, and likewise those of the pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

And in those days He went out to a mountain to pray, and He continued all night in prayer to God.

And lifting up his eyes on his disciples He said, Blessed are ye though poor; for the kingdom of God is yours.

bless them that curse you, and pray for them that abuse you;

And Jesus answering said unto them, Go and tell John what ye have seen and heard: that the blind recover sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them,

And He called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases:

About eight days after these discourses, He took Peter, and John, and James, and went up to a mountain to pray.

Then Jesus answered and said, O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring thy son hither.

And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God: but while they were all wondering at the things which Jesus did, He said to his disciples,

And He said unto them, The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few: pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that He would send out workmen to his harvest.

Behold I give you power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the might of the enemy; and nothing shall at all hurt you.

And as He was praying in a certain retired place, as soon as He had done, one of his disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.

And He said unto them, when ye pray, say, "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done as in heaven so also upon earth;

But if I cast out demons by the power of God, you may be sure the kingdom of God is come unto you:

As He was speaking these things, a certain woman lifted up her voice from amidst the croud, and said, Happy is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck!

But I will shew you whom ye should fear,---Fear Him, who after He hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, fear Him.

then perhaps it may bear fruit; if not, afterwards cut it down.

But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind; and thou shalt be happy;

And they all with one consent began to make excuses; the first said, I have bought a field, and I must go and see it, pray have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am going to try them, pray have me excused.

So the servant came and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go directly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind.

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and follow me, cannot be my disciple.

And there was a poor man named Lazarus,

who was laid at his gate full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table: and the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass that the poor man died,

And He spake also a parable to them, to shew that men ought always to pray, and not to faint:

and will not God do justice for his elect that cry to Him day and night, though He bear long with them.

Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one a pharisee and the other a publican.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

But when Jesus heard these things He said unto him, Thou yet wantest one thing, Sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

But Zaccheus stood up and said unto Jesus, Behold, Lord, the half of my substance I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any one wrongfully, I restore him fourfold.

And they watched Him and sent out spies, pretending to be righteous men, to lay hold of his words, that they might deliver Him up to the power and authority of the governor.

and He saw also a poor widow throwing in two mites.

And He said, Verily I tell you, this poor widow hath put in more than they all.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming, as on a cloud, with power and great glory.

And when He was at the place, He said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

and He said to them, Why do ye sleep? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.

When I was day after day with you in the temple, ye did not stretch out your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

But hereafter shall the Son of man be seated on the right hand of the power of God.

And when they led Him away, they laid hold on one Simon a Cyrenean coming out of the country, and put the cross on him to bear it behind Jesus.

For behold the days are coming in which they shall say, happy are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

but do ye continue in the city of Jerusalem, till ye are endued with power from on high.