When he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision there. But Zechariah kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

Gabriel came into her presence and said: "Hail, you who have been highly favored! The Lord is with you."

When Elizabeth's time came, she gave birth to a son;

And her neighbors and relations, hearing of the great goodness of the Lord to her, came to share her joy.

The child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the Wilds till the time came for his appearance before Israel.

While they were there her time came,

When the period of purification of mother and child, enjoined by the Law of Moses, came to an end, his parents took the child up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

Moved by the Spirit, Simeon came into the Temple Courts, and, when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the Law,

At that moment she came up, and began publicly to thank God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the deliverance of Jerusalem.

And when Annas and Caiaphas were High Priests, a Command from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, while he was in the wilderness.

Even tax-gatherers came to be baptized, and said to John: "Teacher, what are we to do?"

And the Holy Spirit descended, in a visible form, like a dove, upon him, and from the heavens came a voice--"Thou art my Son, the Beloved; in thee I delight."

But Jesus rebuked the demon. "Be silent! Come out from him," he said. The demon flung the man down in the middle of the people, and then came out from him, without causing him further harm.

And even demons came out from many people, screaming 'You are the Son of God.' Jesus rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

At daybreak, Jesus went out and walked to a lonely spot. But crowds of people began to look for him; and they came to where he was and tried to detain him and prevent his leaving them.

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; and they came and filled both the boats so full of fish that they were almost sinking.

However, the story about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came together to listen to him, and to be cured of their illnesses;

When day came, he summoned his disciples, and chose twelve of them, whom he also named 'Apostles.'

Afterwards Jesus came down the hill with them and took his stand on a level place. With him were a large crowd of his disciples, and great numbers of people from the whole of Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast district of Tyre and Sidon,

He may be compared to a man building a house, who dug, and went deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock. Then, when a flood came, the river swept down upon that house, but had no power to shake it, because it had been built well.

And then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon: "Do you see this woman? I came into your house--you gave me no water for my feet, but she has made my feet wet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

Presently Jesus' mother and brothers came where he was, but they were not able to join him on account of the crowd.

So the disciples came and roused him. "Sir, Sir," they cried, "we are lost!" Jesus rose and rebuked the wind and the rushing waves, and they fell, and a calm followed.

They came out from the man and took possession of the pigs; and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the lake and were drowned.

The people went out to see what had happened, and, when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at Jesus' feet; and they were awe-struck.

And a man named Jaeirus, who was a President of the Synagogue, came to Jesus, and threw himself at Jesus' feet, with entreaties that he would come to his house,

Came up behind and touched the tassel of his cloak. Instantly the hemorrhage ceased.

Then the woman, when she saw that she was discovered, came forward trembling, and threw herself down before him; and, in the presence of all the people, she told him her reason for touching him, and that she had been cured instantly.

Before he had finished speaking, some one came from the house of the President of the Synagogue and said: "Your daughter is dead! Do not trouble the Teacher further."

The day was drawing to a close, when the twelve came up to him, and said: "Send the crowd away, so that they may make their way to the villages and farms round about, and find themselves lodgings and provisions, for we are in a lonely spot here."

And, while he was speaking, a cloud came down and enveloped them; and they were afraid, as they passed into the cloud;

And from the cloud came a voice which said--"This is my Son, the Chosen One; him you must hear."

Just then a Student of the Law came forward to test Jesus further. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do if I am to 'gain Immortal Life'?"

A Levite, too, did the same; he came up to the spot, but, when he saw the man, passed by on the opposite side.

But a Samaritan, traveling that way, came upon the man, and, when he saw him, he was moved with compassion.

As they continued their journey, Jesus came to a village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him to her house.

At the Judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?

And Jesus told them this parable-- "A man, who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, came to look for fruit on it, but could not find any.

Just then some Pharisees came up to Jesus and said: "Go away and leave this place, for Herod wants to kill you."

But, when he came to himself, he said 'How many of my father's hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!

This made him angry, and he would not go in. But his father came out and begged him to do so.

And who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table. Even the very dogs came and licked his sores.

Which of you, if he had a servant ploughing, or tending the sheep, would say to him, when he came in from the fields, 'Come at once and take your place at table,'

One of them, finding he was cured, came back, praising God loudly,

They were eating and drinking and marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark, and then the flood came and destroyed them all.

But, on the very day on which Lot came out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from the skies and destroyed them all.

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him: "Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I must stop at your house to-day."

The first came up, and said 'Sir, your ten pounds have made a hundred.'

When the second came, he said 'Your ten pounds, Sir, have produced fifty.'

Another servant also came and said 'Sir, here are your ten pounds; I have kept them put away in a handkerchief.

Presently there came up some Sadducees, who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this--

When the day of the Festival of the Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lambs had to be killed,

When the time came, Jesus took his place at table, and the Apostles with him.

Then he rose from praying, and came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow.

And, having satisfied himself that Jesus came under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who also was at Jerusalem at the time.

The soldiers, too, came up in mockery, bringing him common wine,

It was nearly mid-day, when a darkness came over the whole country, lasting till three in the afternoon,

While they were talking about these things and discussing them, Jesus himself came up and went on their way with them;

And, not finding the body of Jesus there, came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he was alive.