Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,

as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,

And the angel answering, said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

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.

And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business?

Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.

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 when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and would have kept him back that he should not go from them.

But he said to them, I must needs announce the glad tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for for this I have been sent forth.

And Simon answering said to him, Master, having laboured through the whole night we have taken nothing, but at thy word I will let down the net.

And astonishment seized all, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.

And Jesus answering said to them, They that are in sound health have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

But days will come when also the bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.

And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were with him,

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

And Jesus hearing this wondered at him, and turning to the crowd following him said, I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

And Jesus answering said to them, Go, bring back word to John of what ye have seen and heard: that blind see, lame walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf hear, dead are raised, poor are evangelized;

They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another and saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

And the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing it, spoke with himself saying, This person if he were a prophet would have known who and what the woman is who touches him, for she is a sinner.

And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he says, Teacher, say it.

But those upon the rock, those who when they hear receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of trial fall away.

Take heed therefore how ye hear; for whosoever has, to him shall be given, and whosoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken from him.

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

And Jesus said, Some one has touched me, for I have known that power has gone out from me.

And he said to them, Take nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; nor to have two body-coats apiece.

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

And he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy food for all this people;

For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?

For whosoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels.

But I say unto you of a truth, There are some of those standing here who shall not taste death until they shall have seen the kingdom of God.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house.

But into whatsoever city ye may have entered and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him.

For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear them.

Which now of these three seems to thee to have been neighbour of him who fell into the hands of the robbers?

And he said to them, Who among you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, let me have three loaves,

since a friend of mine on a journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him;

But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.

But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.

Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered.

therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.

but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;

And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not a place where I shall lay up my fruits.

Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds?

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

But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

but he who knew it not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom men have committed much, they will ask from him the more.

I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?

But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!

Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:

From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:

then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not the means to recompense thee; for it shall be recompensed thee in the resurrection of the just.

And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.

And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what is needed to complete it;

and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.

I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, more than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.

and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.

And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.

I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;

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

But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:

I know what I will do, that when I shall have been removed from the stewardship I may be received into their houses.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?

and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?

And he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.

for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.

But the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye had said to this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

Thus ye also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what it was our duty to do.

And they lifted up their voice saying, Jesus, Master, have compassion on us.

There have not been found to return and give glory to God save this stranger.

And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner.

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

And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me.

But when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, he said, How difficultly shall those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God;

And Peter said, Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee.

And when they have scourged him they will kill him; and on the third day he will rise again.

And he called out saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

And those who were going before rebuked him that he might be silent; but he cried out so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I return him fourfold.

And another came, saying, My Lord, lo, there is thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.

He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that I am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.

And why didst thou not give my money to the bank; and I should have received it, at my coming, with interest?

Moreover those mine enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.

saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him?

but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts of God; but she out of her need has cast in all the living which she had.