There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn't know it,

but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,

Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,

When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."

When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood.

After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."

"A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.

For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.

When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.

But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

"Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.

A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,

When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.

When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.

He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.

Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.

The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

He said, "A certain man had two sons.

When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

"His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,

"It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.

As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people -- for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."

for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles.

He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, "Take this, and share it among yourselves,

He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me."

Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.

Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God:

He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.

The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.

They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened.

and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."

It happened, that when he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them.

But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.