For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

And many of the children of Israel shall be turn unto the Lord their God.

And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this might be.

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

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: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

And blessed is'she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.

Now Elisabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.

And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.

And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:

And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds.

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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

And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not;

but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey; and they sought for him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance:

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?

Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;

He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?

And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully; and be content with your wages.

but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,

And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.

If thou therefore wilt worship before me, it shall all be thine.

Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

and he saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway the leprosy departed from him.

But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.

And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

But the days will come; and when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then will they fast in those days.

And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish.

But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins.

and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

And he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?

And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.

And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

And those by the way side are they that have heard; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything'secret, that shall not be known and come to light.

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he thinketh he hath.

But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be with him: but he sent him away, saying,

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,

But Jesus hearing it, answered him, Fear not: only believe, and she shall be made whole.

But he, taking her by the hand, called, saying, Maiden, arise.

And her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately: and he commanded that'something be given her to eat.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done: and he was much perplexed, because that it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead;

and by some, that Elijah had appeared; and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.

But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.

saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

And it came to pass, as they were parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah: not knowing what he said.

And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? bring hither thy son.

And as he was yet a coming, the demon dashed him down, and tare him grievously. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Let these words sink into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.

But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their heart, he took a little child, and set him by his side,

And it came to pass, when the days were well-nigh come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

And into whatsoever house ye shall enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall turn to you again.

I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.

And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

Give us day by day our daily bread.

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.

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

And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.