"For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, "He shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, "He shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from the hour of his birth,

"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. "And the Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,

"For he who is mighty has done great things for me; And holy is his name.

And there came a great fear upon all in the neighborhood; and throughout the hill country of Judea all these sayings were much talked about.

When suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round them; and they feared with a great fear. The angel said to them.

"Have no fear, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be for all the people.

So John used to say to the crowd of those who were going out to be baptized by him. "You breed of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And the crowd began to ask him questions. "What shall we do then?" they asked. In reply he said to them.

for it is written, "He shall give his angels charge of thee, to guard thee safely;

In very truth I tell you there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

Now when he rose and left the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon, where Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of a great fever. And they kept entreating him for her.

And when it was daybreak he left the town, and went away to a solitary place; and the crowd kept seeking him. Coming at length upon him, they attempted to detain him so that he should not leave them.

On one occasion when he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, the crowd pressed upon him to listen to the word of God.

He went on board one of the boats which belonged to Simon, and asked him to push out a little way from land. Then he sat down and continued to teach the crowd from the boat.

And when they had done this they enclosed a great multitude of fish; and their nets began to break.

But all the more the report about him continued to spread; and great crowds began to come together to hear him, and to be healed of their infirmities.

And behold there came men carrying a paralytic on a bed; and they tried to bring him and lay him before Jesus, but they could not because of the crowd.

So they went up on the roof, and let him down through the tiling, with his bed, into the crowd, before Jesus.

Levi also made him a great reception at his house. There was a large party of tax-gatherers and others who were dining with them.

With these he came down till he reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of his disciples and a great many people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. These came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases.

The whole crowd were trying to touch him, because power emanated from him and cured them all.

"Rejoice in that day and exult, For your reward is great in heaven; For even so did their fathers to the prophets.

"But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them, And lend, despairing of no man. Then your reward will be great, And you will be the sons of the Most High; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil.

"But he who listens but does not do, is like a man who built a house upon the soil, without foundations, against which the torrent burst, and at once it fell in, and the ruin of that house was great."

But when Jesus heard this he was astonished and he turned and said to the crowd that was following him, "I tell you that not even in Israel have I found faith like that."

Soon afterward he went to a city called Nain, accompanied by his disciples, and a great crowd of people.

A great crowd accompanied her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."

And awe took hold on them all, and they began to glorify God saying. "A great prophet has risen among us;" and, "God has visited his people."

"This is why I tell you that her sins, many as they are, are forgiven, for her love is great; but he who is forgiven little, loves but little.

As a great crowd was gathering, and men of town after town kept restoring to him, he spoke a parable to them.

There came to him his mother and his brothers, and they could not reach him because of the crowd.

For Jesus was already commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him and held him, and they again and again kept him under guard, and put him in chains and fetters. But he would break his bonds asunder, as he was driven by the demon in to the desert.

Now there was a great herd of swine feeding on the hillside, and the demons begged him to give them leave to enter them. He gave them leave.

And as Jesus returned the crowd welcomed him;

But when the crowd learned this they followed him. He received them kindly and spoke to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed restored to good health.

But now the day began to decline, and the twelve came to him and said: "Send away the crowd so that they may go into the villages and surrounding the country to lodge and buy provisions; for here we are on a solitary place."

"Do you yourselves give them food," he answered. "We have nothing," they replied "Except five loaves, and a couple fish, unless you mean for us to go and buy provisions for all the crowd."

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up in heaven, he blessed them, broke them in pieces, and began to giving to his disciples to apportion among the crowd.

Now it happened that while he was praying by himself, the disciples were with him, and he asked them a question. "Who do the crowd think I am?"

It happened the next day, when they were come down from the mountain, that a large crowd came to meet him;

and a man called out of the crowd saying. "Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son; for he is my only boy,

then he said to them. "Whoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me; and whoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For it is the lowliest among you all who is great."

"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;

It happened while he was saying this, that a certain woman out of the crowd shouted to him, saying, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breast that you have sucked."

When the crowd were beginning to throng about him he proceeded to say. "This is an evil generation! It seeks a sign, and there shall be no sign be given to it except the sign of Jonah;

Then one of the crowd said to him, "Master, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance."

And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses."

Then he said to the crowd also. "When you see a cloud rising in the west you at once say, 'There is going to be a shower,' and it comes to pass.

But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day."

As he said this, all adversaries were put to shame; and all the crowd rejoiced for the glorious things that he continually did.

Jesus answered. "A certain man was making a great feast to which he invited many guests.

Great crowds were along with him, and he turned to them and said:

"If he cannot, while the other king is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy to ask conditions of peace.

"So he arose and went to his father; but while he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

"But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you to us.'

"Be on you guard! "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him.

He heard the crowd passing and asked what the matter was.

And some of the Pharisees said to them out of the crowd, "Teacher reprove your disciples!"

"and there shall be great earthquakes, and, in many places, famines and pestilences; and there shall be terror and great portents from heaven.

"and then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

"So be on your guard at all times, praying that you may be worthy to escape these things that shall come to pass, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of man."

(And being in agony he kept praying more earnestly; and his sweat became as if it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.)

While he was still speaking there came a crowd, and he who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus in order to kiss him,

And when they had lighted a fire in the center of the court, and had sat down together, Peter was taking his seat among them.

And Pilate said to the chief priest and the crowd, "I find no harm in this man."

Then the whole crowd shouted out, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas."

He was also followed by a great crowd of people, and of women too, who were beating their breast and lamenting him.

And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,