And Zacharias having seen, was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

And the messenger said to him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy supplication has been heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

For he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and fermented liquor he should not drink; and with the Holy Spirit shall he be filled, even from his mother's womb.

And he shall come before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the intelligence of the just; to prepare a people having been put in order for the Lord.

And Zacharias said to the messenger, By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in her days.

And the messenger said to her, Fear not, Mary: thou hast found grace with God.

For nothing shall be impossible with God.

For, behold, when the voice of thy greeting was in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

And happy she having believed: for a completion of the things spoken shall be to her from the Lord.

For he looked upon the humiliation of his servant; for, behold, from now shall all generations deem me happy

For the powerful one has done great things for me; and his name holy.

And the time was completed to Elizabeth, for her to bring forth; and she brought forth a son.

And they dwelling near and her kinsmen heard, for the Lord magnified his mercy with her; and they rejoiced with her.

And having asked for a small writing tablet, he wrote, saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.

And fear was upon all dwelling round about them: and in all the mount of Judea all these words were discoursed about.

Praised the Lord God of Israel; for he reviewed and he has made a redemption for his people,

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

And it was in those days an order came out from Caesar Angustus, for the whole habitable globe to be enrolled.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (for he was of the house and family of David :)

And it was in their being there, the days were completed for her to bring forth.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and swathed him, and put him in a mangier; : for there was no place for them in the inn.

And, behold, a messenger of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them : and they fear a great fear.

And the messenger said to them, Fear not : for, behold, I announce you good news, great joy, which shall be to all people.

For this day a Saviour was born to you, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.

And the shepherds returned, honouring and praising God for all which they heard and saw, as was spoken to them.

And when eight days were completed for circumcising the child and his name was called JESUS, called by the messenger before he was conceived in the womb.

And he came in the Spirit to the temple : and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for them to do according to the custom of the law for him,

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

A light for the revelation of the nations, and the glory of thy people Israel.

And Simeon praised them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, he is laid for the fall and rising up of many in Israel; and for a sign spoken against;

And she a widow of about eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, with fastings and supplications serving night and day.

And he said to them, For what have ye sought me ? knew ye not that among the things of my Father I must be ?

And he came into all the country round about Jordan, proclaiming the immersion of repentance for remission of sins;

Do ye therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to, say in yourselves, We have a father A braham : for I say to you, That God is able to raise children to Abraham of these stones.

And also the axe is already laid at the root of the trees: therefore every tree not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire.

John answered to all, saying, I truly immerse you with water; and he stronger than I comes, of whom I am not worthy to loose his shoes' strings: he shall immerse you with the Holy Spirit and fire:

Whose winnowing fan in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and gather the wheat into his store; and the chaff he will burn down with inextinguishable fire.

And Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod did,

And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for to me has it been delivered; and to whom I will I give it.

And having answered him Jesus said, Retire behind me, Satan: for it has been written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

For it has been written, That he shall charge his messengers concerning thee, to watch over thee:

And having ended all the trial, the devil departed from him for a time.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me for which he anointed me to announce good news to the poor; he has sent me to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim a remission to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send away with remission the bruised,

And they were struck with amazement at his teaching: for his word was with power.

And having risen from the assembly, he went into Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was taken with a great fever; and they entreated him for her.

And demons came out of many, crying, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And answering he suffered them not to speak, for they knew him to be Christ.

And he said to them, That also to other cities must I announce the good news, the kingdom of God: because for this have I been sent.

And when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Sail out into the deep, and slacken your nets for fishing.

And Simon having answered, said to him, Commander, wearied for the whole-night, we took nothing: but at thy word I will slacken the net.

And Simon Peter fell upon his knees before Jesus, saying, Go out from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

For amazement held him, and all those with him, at the fishing of the fishes which they took:

And likewise also James and John, Zebedee's sons, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now thou shalt be capturing men.

And he enjoined him to tell none: but having departed, show thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

And it was in one of the days, and he was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting, who were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was for healing them.

And not finding how they might bring him in, for the crowd, having ascended upon the house, they put him down through the tiles, with the small couch, in the midst before Jesus.

And amazement took them all, and they honoured God, and were filled with fear, saying, That we have seen wonderful things to day.

And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house: and there was a great crowd of publicans and others who were sitting down with them.

And none drinking old, quickly desires new, for he says, The old is better.

How he went into the house of God, and took the loaves of the setting before, and ate, and gave also to those with him; which is not lawful to eat, except for priests alone?

And all the crowd sought to touch him; for there came forth power from him, and healed all.

And he having lifted up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Happy the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God

Happy the hungering now: for ye shall be satisfied. Happy the weeping now: for ye shall laugh.

Happy are ye, when men hate you, and when they separate you, and reproach, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Rejoice in that day, and skip: for, behold, your reward much in heaven: for according to these did their fathers to the prophets.

But woe to you rich for ye take away your consolation.

Woe to you having been filled for ye shall hunger. Woe to you laughing now! for ye shall grieve and weep.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you! for according to these did their fathers to the false prophets.

Praise those cursing you, and pray for those threatening you.

And if ye love them loving you, what grace is to you? for also the sinful would love those loving them.

And if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace is to you? for also the sinful do the same.

And if ye lend of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace is to you? for also the sinful lend to the sinful, that they might receive back the like things.

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing back; and your reward shall be much, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the graceless and evil.

Give, and it shall be given you; good measure, yielded, and shaken, and overflowed, shall they give into your bosom: for with the same measure that ye measure, shall it be measured back to you.

For the learner is not above his teacher: and every one set in order shall be as his teacher.

For it is not a good tree making decayed fruit; neither a decayed tree making good fruit.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns they gather not figs, nor of the bramble do they harvest the grape.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forward the good thing; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart, brings forward the evil thing: for out of the abundance of the heart does his month speak.

He is like to a man building a house, who digged, and deepened, and set the foundation upon the rock: and there having been an overflow, the river dashed against that house, and was not able to move it: for it was founded upon the rock.

For he loves our nation, and has built us a synagogue.

And Jesus went with them. And now he being away not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not fit that thou shouldest come under my roof;

For I also am a man set under authority, having soldiers under myself, and I say to this, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes: and to my servant, Do this, and he does.

And having seen her, the Lord felt compassion for her and said to her, Weep not.

And fear took all; and they praised God, saying, That a great prophet has risen up among us; and That God has reviewed his people.

And Jesus having answered said to them, Having gone, announce to John what ye saw and heard; for the blind look up, the lame walk, the leprous are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor are announced good news.

For I say to you, Among the begotten of women none is a greater prophet than John the Immerser; and the less in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

For John the Immerser came, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.

And the Pharisee having called him, seeing, said within himself, This, if he were a prophet, had known who and what race of woman which had touched him: for she is sinful.

And having turned to the woman, he said to Simon, Thou seest this woman? I came into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: and she wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

For which I say to thee, Her many sins are remitted; for she loved much: and he to whom little is remitted, loves little.

And other fell upon a rock; and having brought forth, was dried up, for it had no moisture.

And they upon the rock, who, when they hear, with joy receive the word; and they have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of trial fly away.

And that in the good earth, they are they which, in a fair and good heart, having heard, keep the word, and bring forth fruit with patience.

For there is nothing hid, which should not be made manifest; nor concealed, which should not be made known, and come clear.

See therefore how ye hear: for whoever should have, shall be given him; and whoever should not have, and what he seems to have shall be taken away from him.

And his mother and brethren approached to him; and they could not come to him for the crowd.

For he proclaimed to the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it snatched him: and he was bound with chains, and being guarded with fetters; and bursting the bonds, he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is the name to thee? And he said, Legion: for many demons came into him.

And all the multitude of the country round about, of the Gadarenes, asked him to depart from them; for they were held fast by great fear: and he having gone into the ship, returned.

And it was in Jesus' returning, the crowd received him; for all were expecting him.

For an only daughter was to him, of about twelve years, and she was dying. And in his going the crowds pressed him.