In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.

And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.

And when the necessary days for making them clean by the law of Moses had come to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to give him to the Lord

And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.

She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.

And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:

But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,

Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.

Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,

For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean spirit; and he gave a loud cry and said,

And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

And at sundown all those who had anyone ill with any sort of disease, took them to him, and he put his hands on every one of them and made them well.

And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.

But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.

After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.

And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)

And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.

And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,

And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.

And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,

But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me.

Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that one of the old prophets had come back to life.

And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twelve baskets full.

And about eight days after he had said these things, he took Peter and John and James with him and went up into the mountain for prayer.

And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.

And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.

But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.

But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.

And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;

At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

And a certain man was there who had a disease.

And they had no answer to that question.

And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.

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.

And he said, A certain man had two sons:

And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.

But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.