Whereas many have undertaken to compose a narrative of the things, which have been fully certified among us;

most excellent Theophilus, that thou mayst know the certainty of the things wherein thou hast been instructed.

And when the angels went from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, Let us go to Bethlehem, and see this which hath been told us, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

and when they had seen it, they divulged what had been told them concerning this child:

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

And when eight days were fulfilled for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, having been so called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

and had been a widow about eighty four years; who departed not from the temple; serving God with fastings and prayers night and day.

And when they saw Him, they were amazed. And his mother said to Him, Son, why didst thou deal thus with us? behold, thy father and I with grief have been seeking for thee.

And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: and according to his custom He went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and stood up to read.

And Simon answered and said unto Him, Master, we have been toiling all the night, and have caught nothing; however at thy word I will cast the net.

And no one that has been drinking old wine, immediately desireth new; for he saith, the old is better.

And when they that were sent, returned to the house, they found the servant well, that had been sick.

and some women that had been cured of evil spirits and other infirmities, as Mary Magdalene, out of whom were cast seven demons,

And when He was landed, there met Him a man out of the city, who had been possessed by demons a long while, and wore no clothes, and abode in no dwelling but the tombs.

and a woman who had been in a flux twelve years, and had spent her whole livelyhood upon physicians,

Wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethsaida, for if the miracles wrought among you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

that the blood of all the prophets which has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah,

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the false riches, who will intrust you with the true?

and if ye have not been faithful in that which was another's, who will give you that which is your own?

And he said to him, Well done, thou good servant, as thou hast been faithful in a very little, thou shalt be governor over ten cities.

And Herod, when he saw Jesus, was very glad; for he had of a long time been desirous to see Him, because he had heard much of Him, and he hoped to see some miracle wrought by Him.

And he released to them him that for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, whom they desired; and delivered up Jesus to their will.

and he took it down and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre hewn in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.

And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered and said to Him, Art thou only a sojourner at Jerusalem, and hast not heard of the things which have been done there within these few days?

And indeed some women of our company much surprised us: who having been early at the sepulchre,

The Lord is risen indeed, and hath been seen by Simon.