as they delivered them to us who, from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word,

it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus,

for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall not drink wine and strong drink, but shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth;

And Mary said, Behold, I am the servant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.

for he has looked on the low condition of his servant; for, behold, from this time all generations shall call me blessed,

he has brought down the mighty from thrones, and exalted the humble;

as he said by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old;

A salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us,

to grant us without fear, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, to serve him

on account of the compassionate mercies of our God, by which a morning from on high has visited us,

In those days there went out an ordinance from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.

And Joseph went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

And when the angels had departed from them to heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us go now to Bethlehem, and see this thing which has occurred, which the Lord has made known to us.

And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; she was far advanced in years, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

and she had been a widow eighty-four years, and departed not from the temple, serving God night and day with fastings and prayers.

Then John said to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a change of mind. And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.

AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

And he brought him to Jerusalem and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here;

And the devil having finished all the temptation, departed from him for a time.

And they all bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth, and said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

And going up from the synagogue he entered into the house of Simon. And Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a violent fever; and they asked him in her behalf.

And when it was day, coming out he went to a solitary place; and the multitudes sought him, and came to him, and urged him not to depart from them.

And entering into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land, and sat down and taught the multitudes from the ship.

And Simon Peter seeing it fell on his knees to Jesus, saying, Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.

So also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from this time you shall take men.

AND on one of those days he was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were present, having come from every village of Galilee, and of Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present to cure them.

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

And he spoke also a parable to them; That no one puts a piece of a new garment on an old garment; if he does, the new both tears the old, and that from the new disagrees with the old.

he went down with them and stood on a plain; and a multitude of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be cured of their diseases;

And all the multitude sought to touch him, for a power went out from him and cured all.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you from their company, and reproach and cast out your names as evil, on account of the Son of man.

Give to every one that asks; and from him who takes that which is yours, ask it not back.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks have you? sinners also lend to sinners, to receive back as much again.

How can you say to your brother, Brother, let me cast out the speck in your eye, and you yourself see not the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the speck from your brother's eye.

For every tree is known by its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from brambles.

And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying, Lord, trouble not yourself, for I am not fit that you should come under my roof.

And as he approached the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, an only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a great multitude from the city was with her.

You gave me no kiss; but she, from the time that I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

and certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, from whom went out seven demons,

And a great multitude having come together, and persons having come to him from every city, he said in a parable,

those by the way are those who hear, then comes the devil and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved;

See therefore how you hear; for whoever has, to him shall be given, and whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even what he seems to have.

And as he went out on the land, there met him a certain man from the city who had had demons for a long time; and he wore no clothes, and remained not in a house, but in the tombs.

And they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting, clothed and of a sound mind, at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.

And all the multitude of the region about the Gerasenes requested him to depart from them, because they were seized with great fear. And entering into the ship, he returned.

And the man from whom the demons had gone out desired to be with him; but he sent him away, saying,

And Jesus said, Some one touched me; for I perceived a power going from me.

While he was yet speaking some one came from the synagogue ruler's house and said to him, Your daughter has died; trouble not the teacher.

And whoever does not receive you, when you go out of that city shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony to them.

And Herod the tetrarch heard all things which were done, and was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was raised from the dead,

And when they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; not knowing what he said.

And there was a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my chosen Son; hear him.

And on the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a great multitude met him.

And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I desire you to look upon my son, for he is my only child;

and behold a spirit takes him, and suddenly cries out and convulses him, with foam and crushing him departs from him with difficulty;

But they understood not this saying; and it was concealed from them, that they might not perceive it; and they feared to ask him concerning this saying.

And his disciples James and John seeing it, said, Lord, do you wish us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?

And in the same house remain, eating and drinking the things with them; for the laborer is worthy of his reward. Go not about from house to house.

And he said to them, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

In the same hour he rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it has seemed good in thy sight.

And Jesus replied and said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who both stripped him and inflicted blows upon him, and went away leaving him half dead.

but of one thing there is need; and Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;

and he will answer from within, and say, Trouble me not, for the door is already shut, and my little children are with me in bed, I cannot arise and give you;

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him.

and others, trying him, asked of him a sign from heaven.

When an impure spirit has gone out of a man, it passes through places destitute of water, seeking a rest; and not finding one, says, I will return to my house from which I came out.

And when he was saying these things, a certain woman from the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, Blessed is the mother that bore you, and the breasts which you nursed!

The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.

watching him, to catch something from his mouth.

And he told them a parable, saying, The farm of a certain rich man produced abundantly;

But God said to him, Foolish man, this night they shall require your soul from you; and who then will have the goods which you have provided?

and be like men waiting for the coming of their lord, when he shall return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.

but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And from any one to whom much is given, much will be demanded; and of him with whom men have deposited much, they will ask more.

For from this time there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two shall be divided against three;

For when you go with your adversary to a ruler, on the way labor to be released from him, lest he take you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison;

And Jesus seeing her, called to her and said, Woman, you are released from your infirmity;

Then the Lord answered him and said, Hypocrites, does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him away to drink?

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, behold, eighteen years, to be released from this bond on the sabbath?

and he will say to you, I know not whence you are; depart from me, all doers of wickedness.

And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall recline in the kingdom of God.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

Every one that puts away his wife and marries another, commits adultery; and he that marries a woman put away from a husband, commits adultery.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table; but the dogs also came and licked his ulcers.

and in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And besides all this, there is a great chasm fixed between us and you, so that those wishing to pass from hence to you cannot, neither can they pass from thence to us.

But he said, No, father Abraham, but if one went to them from the dead they would change their minds.

But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they would not be persuaded if one arose from the dead.

But which of you having a servant plowing, or keeping sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, Come immediately and sit down?

For as the lightning flashing from one part under heaven shines to another part under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all;

And he said, All these have I kept from my youth.

And they understood nothing of these things; and this word was concealed from them, and they did not perceive what was said.

And he said to those standing by, Take from him the mina, and give it to him that has ten minas,??25 and they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas,??26 for I tell you, that to every one that has shall be given; but from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away;

And some of the Pharisees, from the multitude, said to him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples.

saying, O, that you had known, even you, and indeed in this your day, the things which are for your peace! But now they are hid from your eyes.

Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men?