But the Angel said to him. "Do not be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.

"And now you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day the day when this has taken place; because you did not believe my words??ords which will be fulfilled at their appointed time."

"This has the Lord done for me. He has now deigned to take the away my reproach among men."

"And behold your kinswoman, Elizabeth, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this was the sixth month with her that was called barren.

"For he has regarded the humiliation of his slave, And from this hour all ages will count me blessed.

"For he who is mighty has done great things for me; And holy is his name.

"He has showed strength with his arm. "He has scattered proud in the imagination of their hearts;

"he has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted those of low degree.

"The hungry he has filled with good things, But the rich he has sent empty away.

"He has helped Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and redeemed his people,

"And has raised up a mighty Deliverer for us In the house of his servant David,

Now when the angels had left them, and gone away to heaven, the shepherds said to one to another, "Let us go now even to Bethlehem, and see this saying which has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us."

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.

"Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

So John used to say to the crowd of those who were going out to be baptized by him. "You breed of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

"If you have two shirts share with him who has none; and let him who has food do the same."

He has his fan in his hand to cleanse his threshing-floor thoroughly, and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff will he burn with unquenchable fire."

"To you will I give all this authority and this glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

"It has been said," replied Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord, thy God."

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me Because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to the prisoners, And recovery of sight to the blind; To set at liberty those that are bruised,

But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (he said to the paralytic), "I bid you rise, take up your bed, and go to your house."

"for he loves our nation, and himself has built a synagogue for us."

And awe took hold on them all, and they began to glorify God saying. "A great prophet has risen among us;" and, "God has visited his people."

So the men came to Jesus and said, "John the Baptist has sent us to ask you if you are the coming one, or if we are to expect another."

"For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'

"The son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!'

"You have rightly judged." answered Jesus, and turning to the woman, he said to Simon. "Do you see this woman? When I came into your house you gave me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

"You gave me no kiss; but she, since she came in, has never ceased tenderly kissing my feet;

"you never anointed my head with oil; but she has anointed my feet with my feet with perfume.

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

"But some fell on good soil, and grew up, and brought forth fruit, a hundredfold." When he said this, he called out, "Whoever has ears to hear with, let him listen."

"Take heed, then, how you listen. for he who has, to him shall it be given, but from him who has not, shall be taken away even what he has."

"Return to your home, and tell them all that God has done for you." So he went away and throughout the whole city he published how much Jesus had done for him.

"Daughter," he said "your faith has made you well, go on into peace."

"The foxes have their holes," Jesus answered, "and the wild birds have their nest, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head."

But Martha meanwhile was growing distracted about much serving. She came up to him and said: "Lord do you not care that my sister has left me alone to do the serving? Come tell her to take hold of her end of the work along with me."

"only one thing is really necessary. Mary, moreover, has chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her."

"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."

"I will warn you whom you ought to fear. Fear him who, after he was after he has killed, has power to throw you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

"but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

"and this woman, who is the daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, ought she not have been loosened from bondage, though the day be the Sabbath?"

"when once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door. You will begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, crying, "'Lord, open to us.' "'I do not know were you came from,' he will reply.

And to them he said, "Which of you when an ox or ass has fallen into a well, will at once pull him out on the Sabbath Day?"

"When you are invited by any one to a marriage-feast, do not sit down in the best seat, lest a guest more distinguished than yourself has been invited, and your host come to you and say,

"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?

"Lest it happen that after he has laid the foundations and is unable to complete it, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him saying,

"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

"It is fit neither for the land nor the dung-hill; men cast it out. He who has ears to hear let him listen to this!"

"Which one of you men, if he has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it?

"And after he has found it, he lays it on his shoulder, rejoicing.

"Or, again, suppose a woman has ten coins. If she loses one, does she not light a lamp and sweep the house, and search anxiously until she finds it?

"And when she has found it, she calls together her woman friends and neighbors and say, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'

"'Your brother is come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has him safe and sound.'

"'But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with harlots, you have killed him the fatted calf.'

"But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, 'Come at once, sit down to dinner,'

And he said unto him, "Rise and go, your faith has healed you."

And he said to them, "In Solemn truth I tell you that there is no one who, for the sake of the kingdom of God, has left houses, or wife, or brother, or parents, or children,

"Receive your sight," said Jesus, "your faith has saved you."

When they all saw it, they began to complain, saying "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."

"And the first came before him, saying, 'Master, your pound has made ten pounds.'

"And the second came and said, 'Master, your pound has made five pounds.'

"Then to those who stood by, he said, 'Take the pounds from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.'

"'Master,' they said to him, 'he already has ten pounds.'

"'I tell you that to every one who has it shall be given; and from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has.

he sent two of his disciples saying. "Go into the village in the front, and on entering it you will find an ass's colt tied, on which no one has ever ridden.

And he said: "Of truth I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than they all;

"The Son of man indeed goes on his way, as it has been determined; but woe to that man by who he is betrayed."

"And I promise you a kingdom, even as my Father has promised me a kingdom;

"Simon, Simon," said the Lord, "behold, Satan has asked to have you all that he might sift you like wheat.

Then he said to them. "But now let him who has a purse take it, and he who has a wallet, let him the do the same. And he who has no sword, let him sell his cloak and buy one.

"For I say to you that this word of Scripture must find it's fulfilment in me. "And he was numbered among the transgressors, For that which concerns me has its accomplishment."

Neither does Herod; for he sent him back to us. You see that he has done nothing worthy of death.

For the third time he appealed to them. "But what crime has he committed? I have found in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore flog him, and let him go."

"We indeed justly, for we are receiving due retribution for what we have done. But he has done no wrong."

Then taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no man has ever been laid.

saying, "The Lord is really risen, and has appeared to Simon!"

"Look at my hands and my feet. It is I! Feel me and see; for a ghost has not flesh and blood as I have."