Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us,

it has seemed good to me also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,

that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.

But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.

The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

And behold, your relative Elizabeth--she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren.

And Mary said, "Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, be it unto me even as thou hast said." And the angel departed from her.

And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me?

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

and my spirit has rejoiced greatly in God my Savior,

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.

For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.

With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.

He has filled those who are hungry with good [things], and those who are rich he has sent away empty-handed.

His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

As He has spoken from all time by the lips of His holy Prophets--

[He has provided] salvation from our enemies, and from the [destructive] hand of all those who hate us,

He has dealt mercifully with our fathers
and remembered His holy covenant—

the oath that He swore to our father Abraham.
He has given us the privilege,

Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

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.

(as it has been written in the law of the Lord??Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"");

and to offer a sacrifice according to that which has been written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.

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

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation: Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people.

which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

and has been a widow [all these years], and is now eighty-four years old.) She has never left the Temple, but worships [God] by fasting [i.e., going without food and/or water for religious reasons] and praying night and day.

And when they saw him they were amazed: and his mother said to him, Child, why hast thou dealt thus with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee distressed.

as has been written in the book of Isaiah the prophet, saying; The voice of one roaring in the wilderness; Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight His paths.

Everyone will see the salvation that God has provided.'"

He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.

And he said to them, Collect not one thing more than from what has been appointed for you.

He has his winnowing fork in his hand, to clean up his threshing-floor, and store his wheat in his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with inextinguishable fire."

And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need.

And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.

And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

for it has been written, That He will give His angels charge concerning thee, in order to guard thee,

And Jesus answered him, "It has been said, 'You must not try the Lord your God.'"

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.

And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.

saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

But a time for this will come, when the Bridegroom has been taken away from them: then, at that time, they will fast."

But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

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

Then He said to them, "The Son of man is lord [i.e., has authority over] the Sabbath day."

give to anyone who asks you, and do not ask your goods back from anyone who has taken them.

A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.

A good man, out of the good he has accumulated in his heart, produces good, and a bad man, out of what he has accumulated that is bad, produces what is bad. For his mouth says only what his heart is full of.

And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has built a house on the ground without a foundation, on which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of that house was great.

It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.

For I also am a man placed under authority, who has soldiers under me, and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another one, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does [it]."

And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

I tell you, no one has ever been born who is greater than John. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a man [who is] a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

and wisdom has been justified of all her children.

Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet.

You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.

And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

And he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."

And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

And he said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest [they are] in parables, so that 'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

No man, when he has lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a lampstand, that they who enter in may see the light.

Therefore consider how you listen, for whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks [that he] has will be taken away from him."

But seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, What hast thou to do with me, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, torment me not.

And Jesus questioned him - What name hast thou? And, he, said - Legion! because many demons had entered into him.

"Return to your home and tell all that God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

And Jesus said, Who has touched me? But all denying, Peter and those with him said, Master, the crowds close thee in and press upon thee, and sayest thou, Who has touched me?

But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, because I know power has gone out from me."

And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace."

While he still spoke, some man comes from the synagogue ruler, saying to him, Thy daughter has died. Do not trouble the teacher.

And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not weep, for she has not died, but sleeps.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John has been raised from the dead,

And by certain, that Elias has appeared.; and by others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen.

And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

as He said, "The Son of Man has to endure great suffering and be disowned by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes, and be put to death but be raised to life on the third day."

And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

What good does it do a man if, when he has gained the whole world, he has lost or forfeited himself?

For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

But I tell you the truth, there are some people standing here who will surely not experience death until they see that God's kingdom has come [i.e., in a demonstration of power. See Mark 9:1]."

At times a spirit seizes him and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him, and makes him foam at the mouth, and does not leave him till it has well-nigh covered him with bruises.