But the angel said to 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 behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

And they came and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish! And he arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there was a calm.

Then said he also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also invite thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and be merry.

And he told him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him in good health.

But as soon as this thy son was come, who hath devoured thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.