Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.'

and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, 'We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'

as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, -- 'Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,'

and it hath been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit -- not to see death before he may see the Christ of the Lord.

as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;

And Jesus answered him, saying, 'It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.'

and the Devil said to him, 'To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it;

And Jesus answering him said, 'Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

for it hath been written -- To His messengers He will give charge concerning thee, to guard over thee,

And Jesus answering said to him -- 'It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written:

And he began to say unto them -- 'To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;'

And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,

And that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority upon the earth to forgive sins -- (he said to the one struck with palsy) -- I say to thee, Arise, and having taken up thy little couch, be going on to thy house.'

Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake --

and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- 'A great prophet hath risen among us,' and -- 'God did look upon His people.'

this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;

And he said, 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

and he said to her, 'Take courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee, be going on to peace.'

While he is yet speaking, there doth come a certain one from the chief of the synagogue's house, saying to him -- 'Thy daughter hath died, harass not the Teacher;'

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by certain, that John hath been raised out of the dead;

and Jesus said to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

and heal the ailing in it, and say to them, The reign of God hath come nigh to you.

And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;

And he said unto him, 'In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?'

and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.

and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

'And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

'No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

and he said to him, 'Having risen, be going on, thy faith hath saved thee.'

And Jesus said to him, 'Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee;'

(and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds) --

for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him,

and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose it? thus ye shall say to him -- The Lord hath need of it.'

and they said, 'The Lord hath need of it;'

saying to them, 'It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'

and he, having looked upon them, said, 'What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected -- this became head of a corner?

every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'

shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'

And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said,

And he said, 'See -- ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying -- I am he, and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them;

and they, having gone away, found as he hath said to them, and they made ready the passover.

and indeed the Son of Man doth go according to what hath been determined; but woe to that man through whom he is being delivered up.'

for I say to you, that yet this that hath been written it behoveth to be fulfilled in me: And with lawless ones he was reckoned, for also the things concerning me have an end.'

and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

see my hands and my feet, that I am he; handle me and see, because a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me having.'

and he said to them -- 'Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day,