Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been fulfilled among us,

so that you may know the certainty of the things which you have been taught.

And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechariah after his father,

And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called.

for my eyes have seen your salvation

which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously."

Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

He said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself! Do here also in your own country what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.'"

"Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you arethe Holy One of God!"

And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen strange things today."

And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Jesus answered them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:

But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.

And when they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy to have you do this for him,

And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

When Jesus heard this, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel."

He answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the good news preached to them.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner."

And Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he said, "Teacher, say it."

Simon answered, "I suppose the one to whom he forgave more." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly."

And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.

Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."

When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!"

And he said to them, "Take nothing for the journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.

And Herod said, "John I have beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" So he sought to see him.

But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fishunless we go and buy food for all these people."

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

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

Behold, I have given you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.

At that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it was your good pleasure.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."

for a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering."

Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

And he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'

Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

And do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, nor have an anxious mind.

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and will come and serve them.

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

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

I tell you, you will not get out till you have paid the very last copper."

So he said to the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?'

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to have me excused.'

And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.'

Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'

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

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and here I perish with hunger!

I will arise and go to my father and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have been serving you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.

And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

I have decided what to do, so that people may receive me into their houses when I am put out of the stewardship.'

If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust you with the true riches?

And if you have not been faithful in what is another's, who will give you what is your own?

And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in this flame.'

for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'

Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'

So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"

And they lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth."

When Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

Then Peter said, "Behold, we have left all and followed you."

And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And those who led the way rebuked him, telling him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold."

And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, be in authority over ten cities.'

Then another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I have kept laid away in a handkerchief;

Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."

"Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's."

And some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well."

Watch at all times, and pray always that you may have strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man."

He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house which he enters.

And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

You are those who have continued with me in my trials.

"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat.

But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren."

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

And they said, "What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips."

and said to them, "You have brought this man to me as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. And behold, having examined him in your presence, I have found no guilt in this man concerning those charges which you make against him;

Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?"

And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and enter his glory?"

See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have."

And while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?"