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.

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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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 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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

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.

And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.

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

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.

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.

And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have resting-places, but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

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.

Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;

I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.

The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.

And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.

No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.

Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.

And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

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.

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 when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

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.

Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.

And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well.

And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.

And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.

And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

And another came, saying, Your pound has made five pounds.

And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.

And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.

And they said, The Lord has need of him.

Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.

And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them:

For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.

For I say to you, I will not take of the fruit of the vine till the kingdom of God has come.

And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me,