Then you could know how reliable the information is that you have been told.

Both were perfect before God, and walked in all the laws and ordinances of the Lord, that no man could find fault with them.

But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well along in years.

And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.

And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.

But she was deeply troubled by this statement, wondering what kind of greeting this could be.

Then the angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a cloud]; for that reason the holy (pure, sinless) Child shall be called the Son of God.

How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

And my spirit was glad on God my Saviour,

Suddenly, Zechariah could open his mouth, his tongue was set free, and he began to speak and to praise God.

[that] we, being rescued from the hand of [our] enemies, could serve him without fear

And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;

And when eight days were completed {so that he could be circumcised}, he was named Jesus, his name [that] [he] was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus so that they could do for him according to what was customary under the law,

And when they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for Him.

While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,

Exhorting then many other things also he announced his glad tidings to the people.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered,

And they stood up [and] forced him out of the town and brought him up to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

But he said to them, I must needs announce the glad tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for for this I have been sent forth.

On one of those days, when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and Doctors of the Law were sitting near by. (They had come from all the villages in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was upon Jesus, so that he could work cures.)

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.

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching closely [to see] if he would heal on the Sabbath, in order that they could find [a reason] to accuse him.

The others were furious and began to discuss with each other what they could do to Jesus.

Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for your reward in heaven is great [absolutely inexhaustible]; for their fathers used to treat the prophets in the same way.

And do not pass [hypocritical] judgment [on other people. See Matt. 7:1-5] and you will not receive such judgment [on yourselves]. And do not condemn [others] and you will not be condemned [yourselves]. Release people [i.e., from guilt for offending you] and you will be released [i.e., by God?]

He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

And, answering, he said unto them - Go and bear tidings unto John, as to what ye have seen and heard: The blind, are receiving sight, the lame, walk, lepers, are cleansed, and, the deaf, hear, the dead, are raised, the destitute, are told the glad-message;

which the Pharisee, who had invited him, observing, he thus argued with himself, if this man were a prophet, he could not but know that the woman, who is so busy with him, is a person of a loose character.

Since they could not pay it back, he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?”

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.

And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him.

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

but could not be healed by any, came close behind Him and touched the hem of his garment, and immediately her flux was stopt.

When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

And as many as should not receive you, having come out of that city, and shake off the cloud of dust from your feet for testimony against them.

And going forth they passed through the villages, announcing the glad tidings and healing everywhere.

And it came to pass, as they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here, and we could make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah, not knowing what he was sayi

While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.

Before the boy could reach Jesus, the daemon dashed him down and convulsed him, but Jesus checked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and handed him back to his father.

But they did not understand this statement, and it was concealed from them so that they could not understand it. And they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, 'I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

For I tell you, many prophets and kings have wished to see what you see, and could not see it, and to hear what you hear, and could not hear it!"

On once occasion He was expelling a dumb demon; and when the demon was gone out the dumb man could speak, and the people were astonished.

But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away all the armament the strong man relied on, and [then] divides up his storehouse of possessions. [Note: The word here translated "possessions" may be translated "arms" so the meaning could be "divides up his armament"].

"I have come to bring fire to the earth. [Note: This means division within families. See verses 51-53] And how I wish that fire were already started [i.e., so I could complete my mission sooner]!

And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.

And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

And they could not answer him again to these things.

saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'

And when he has found it, he lifts it on his shoulder, glad at heart.

And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

He would have gladly eaten the [carob] pods that the pigs were eating [but they could not satisfy his hunger], and no one was giving anything to him.

And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.

and, calling near one of the youths, he inquired what these things, could be.

But he answered [and] said to his father, 'Behold, so many years I have served you, and have never disobeyed your command! And you never gave me a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

"No servant can be in bondage to two masters. For either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will cling fast to one and scorn the other. You cannot be bondservants both of God and of gold."

The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

And he called out [and] said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he could dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering pain in this flame!'

And besides all these, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed: so that they wishing to pass through thence to you could not; neither could they cross over from thence to us.

for I have five brothers, so that he could warn them, in order that they also should not come to this place of torment!'

And the Lord said, “If you have [confident, abiding] faith in God [even as small] as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree [which has very strong roots], ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea’; and [if the request was in agreement with the will of God] it would have obeyed you.

Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.

"I tell you that this man went home more thoroughly absolved from guilt than the other; for every one who uplifts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

Now they were bringing even [their] babies to him so that he could touch them. But [when] the disciples saw [it], they rebuked them.

Nothing of this did they understand. The words were a mystery to them, nor could they see what He meant.

Instantly he could see, and he began to follow Him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

And he ran on ahead [and] climbed up into a sycamore tree so that he could see him, because he was going to go through [that way].

Zacchaeus came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.

And it happened that when he returned [after] receiving the kingdom, he ordered these slaves to whom he had given the money to be summoned to him, so that he could know what they had gained by trading.

Then why didn't you put my money in the bank? When I returned, I could have collected it with interest.'

Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.

And if any one asks you, 'Why are you untying the colt?' simply say, 'The Master needs it.'"

The messengers went off and found the colt exactly as he had told them.

And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.

"If you had only known today what could have brought you peace! But now it is hidden from your sight,

And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

And it came to pass on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and announcing the glad tidings, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up,

And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

And they answered, They could not tell whence. Jesus said to them, Neither tell I you, by what authority I do these things.

And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.

And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

Since David called Him [i.e., Jesus] Lord, how could He be his son?"

For from what they could well spare they have all of them contributed to the offerings, but she in her need has thrown in all she had to live on."

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

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they could destroy him, because they were afraid of the people.

And he went away [and] discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he could betray him to them.