it has seemed good to me also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,

And it came to pass, as he fulfilled his priestly service before God in the order of his course,

it fell to him by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense.

And all the multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense.

And he shall be to thee joy and rejoicing, and many shall rejoice at his birth.

And the people were awaiting Zacharias, and they wondered at his delaying in the temple.

But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and continued dumb.

And it came to pass, when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his house.

But she, seeing the angel, was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.

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

And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

and cried out with a loud voice and said, Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed the fruit of thy womb.

And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.

And they made signs to his father as to what he might wish it to be called.

And all who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? And the Lord's hand was with him.

deliverance from our enemies and out of the hand of all who hate us;

to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear

But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city Nazareth to Judaea, to David's city, the which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth to her child were fulfilled,

And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.

and having seen it they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.

And all who heard it wondered at the things said to them by the shepherds.

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

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

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

and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord: A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.

And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see the Lord's Christ.

And his father and mother wondered at the things which were said concerning him.

and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers;

And his parents went yearly to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.

and had completed the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and his parents knew not of it;

And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers and hearing them and asking them questions.

And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business?

as it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet: Voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

And the crowds asked him saying, What should we do then?

And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?

And he said to them, Take no more money than what is appointed to you.

And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.

whose winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

And it came to pass, all the people having been baptised, and Jesus having been baptised and praying, that the heaven was opened,

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.

of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,

forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.

And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.

And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for it is given up to me, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

If therefore thou wilt do homage before me, all of it shall be thine.

And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee to keep thee;

And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and a rumour went out into the whole surrounding country about him;

And the book of the prophet Esaias was given to him; and having unrolled the book he found the place where it was written,

And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.

And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.

and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;

And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was with authority.

saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out from him. And the demon, having thrown him down into the midst, came out from him without doing him any injury.

And astonishment came upon all, and they spoke to one another, saying, What word is this? for with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

And a rumour went out into every place of the country round concerning him.

And rising up out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. But Simon's mother-in-law was suffering under a bad fever; and they asked him for her.

And standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and forthwith standing up she served them.

and demons also went out from many, crying out and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and would have kept him back that he should not go from them.

And it came to pass, as the crowd pressed on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:

And getting into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to draw out a little from the land; and he sat down and taught the crowds out of the ship.

But when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Draw out into the deep water and let down your nets for a haul.

And Simon answering said to him, Master, having laboured through the whole night we have taken nothing, but at thy word I will let down the net.

But Simon Peter, seeing it, fell at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.

For astonishment had laid hold on him, and on all those who were with him, at the haul of fishes which they had taken;

And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

And it came to pass on one of the 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 out of Jerusalem; and the Lord's power was there to heal them.

And not finding what way to bring him in, on account of the crowd, going up on the housetop they let him down through the tiles, with his little couch, into the midst before Jesus.

And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me.

And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.

And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-gatherers and sinners?

And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?

And no one puts new wine into old skins, otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;

And it came to pass on the second-first sabbath, that he went through cornfields, and his disciples were plucking the ears and eating them, rubbing them in their hands.

But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?

And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were with him,

how he entered into the house of God and took the shewbread and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is not lawful that any eat, unless the priests alone?

And it came to pass on another sabbath also that he entered into the synagogue and taught; and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

Jesus therefore said to them, I will ask you if it is lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch out thy hand. And he did so and his hand was restored as the other.

But they were filled with madness, and they spoke together among themselves what they should do to Jesus.

And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.

And when it was day he called his disciples, and having chosen out twelve from them, whom also he named apostles:

And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out from him and healed all.

Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:

To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.

And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.

And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? for even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you.

Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.