Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to compile a treatise of those things, which are surely known among us,

And thou shalt have joy and gladness: And many shall rejoice at his birth.

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

For mine eyes have seen the saviour sent from thee:

And when they saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said unto him, "Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee, sorrowing."

Bring forth due fruits of repentance; And begin not to say in yourselves, we have Abraham to our father. For I say unto you: God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

And he said unto them, "Ye may very well say unto me this proverb. 'Physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do the same here likewise in thine own country.'"

And Simon answered, and said to him, "Master, we have laboured all night, and have taken nothing. Neverthelater, at thy word I will loose forth the net."

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

And Jesus answered them and said, "Have ye not read what David did, when he himself was a hungered, and they which were with him:

But woe be to you that are rich: for ye have therein your consolation.

If ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive: what thank shall ye have: for the very sinners, lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

For I likewise am a man under power, and have under me soldiers, and I say unto one, 'Go': and he goeth. And to another, 'Come': and he cometh. And to my servant, 'Do this': and he doeth it."

When Jesus heard this, he marveled at him, and turned him about and said to the people that followed him, "I say unto you, I have not found so great faith: No, not in Israel, certainly."

And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Go your ways and show John, what things ye have heard and seen: how that the blind see, the halt go, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead arise: To the poor is the glad tidings preached,

They are like unto children sitting in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying, 'We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced: We have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.'

When the Pharisee which bade him to his house, saw that, he spake within himself, saying, "If this man were a prophet, he would surely have known who and what manner woman this is which toucheth him, for she is a sinner."

And Jesus answered, and said unto him, "Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee." And he said, "Master say on."

They on the stones, are they which, when they hear, receive the word with joy. But these have no roots, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation go away.

When he saw Jesus, he cried, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What have I to do with thee Jesus the son of the God most highest? I beseech thee torment me not."

And he said to them, "Take no thing to succor you by the way: neither staff, nor scrip, neither bread neither money, neither have two coats.

And Herod said, "John have I beheaded: who then is this of whom I hear such things?" And he desired to see him.

But he said unto them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said, "We have no more but five loaves and two fishes, except we should go and buy meat for all this people."

And behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, "Master, I beseech thee behold my son, for he is all that I have:

And I have besought thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not."

Jesus said unto him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests: but the son of man hath not whereon to lay his head."

And in the same house tarry still, eating and drinking such as they have. For the laborer is worthy of his reward. Go not from house to house:

"Woe be to thee Chorazsin: woe be to thee Bethsaida. For if the miracles had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while agone repented, sitting in hair and ashes.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them: And to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them."

And he said unto them, "If any of you should have a friend, and should go to him at midnight, and say unto him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;

for a friend of mine is come out of the way to me, and I have nothing to set before him':

Nevertheless, ye give alms of that ye have, and behold: all is clean to you.

But woe be to you Pharisees: for ye tithe the mint, and rue, and all manner herbs; and pass over judgment, and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and yet not to have left the other undone.

Woe be to you lawyers: for ye have taken away the key of knowledge, ye entered not in yourselves, and them that came in ye forbade."

For whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness: that same shall be heard in light. And that which ye have spoken in the ear, even in secret places, shall be preached even on the top of the houses.

I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

and he thought in himself saying, 'What shall I do? Because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.'

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which neither have storehouse nor barn, and yet God feedeth them. How much are ye better then the fowls?

for all such things the heathen people of the world seek for. Your father knoweth that ye have need of such things.

Sell that ye have, and give alms. And make you bags, which wax not old, and treasure that faileth not in heaven, where no thief cometh, neither moth corrupteth.

This shall ye understand, that if the good man of the house knew what hour the thief would have come, he would surely have watched: and not suffer his house to be broken up.

Then said he to the people, "When ye see a cloud rise out of the west straightway ye say, 'We shall have a shower,' and so it is.

And when ye se the south wind blow, ye say, 'We shall have heat,' and it cometh to pass.

I tell thee thou departest not thence, till thou have made good the utmost mite.

Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, 'Behold, this three years have I come and sought fruit in this fig tree, and find none. Cut it down. Why cumbereth it the ground?'

Then shall ye begin to say, 'We have eaten, and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.'

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her nest under her wings, but ye would not.

And answered them, saying, "Which of you shall have an ass, or an ox, fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day?"

But rather, when thou art bidden, go and sit in the lowest room, that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, 'Friend, sit up higher.' Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

And they all at once began to make excuse. The first said unto him, 'I have bought a farm, and I must needs go and see it, I pray thee have me excused.'

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

The third said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

Which of you is he that is disposed to build a tower, and sitteth not down before and counteth the cost: Whether he have sufficient to perform it?

Salt is good, but if salt have lost her saltiness, what shall be seasoned therewith?

And as soon as he cometh home he calleth together his lovers, and neighbours saying unto them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'

And when she hath found it she calleth her lovers, and her neighbours saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the groat which I had lost.'

And he would fain have filled his belly with the cods, that the swine ate: and no man gave him.

Then he came to himself and said, 'How many hired servants at my father's have bread enough, and I die for hunger.

I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee,

And the son said unto him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy henceforth to be called thy son.'

He answered, and said to his father, 'Lo these many years have I done thee service, neither brake at any time thy commandment, and yet gavest thou me never so much as a kid to make merry with my lovers:

And he said unto him, 'Son, thou wast ever with me, and all that I have is thine:

And I say also unto you, Make you friends of the wicked mammon, that when ye shall have need they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

So then if ye have not been faithful in the wicked mammon, who will believe you in that which is true?

And if ye have not been faithful in another man's business: who shall give you your own?

And he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.'

For I have five brethren: for to warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'

Abraham said unto him, 'They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.'

And would not rather say to him, 'Dress wherewith I may sup, and gird up thyself and serve me, till I have eaten and drunk: and afterward, eat thou, and drink thou?'

So likewise ye, when ye have done all those things which are commanded unto you, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done that which was our duty to do.'"

and put forth their voices, and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

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

When Jesus heard that, he said unto him, "Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that thou hast, and distribute it unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, and follow me."

When Jesus saw him mourn, he said, "With what difficulty shall they that have riches, enter into the kingdom of God:

Then Peter said, "Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee."

and when they have scourged him, they will put him to death, and the third day, shall he arise again."

And he cried, saying, "Jesus the son of David, have thou mercy on me."

And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he much the more so cried, "Thou son of David, have mercy on me."

And Zacchaeus stood forth and said unto the Lord, "Behold Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have done any man wrong, I will restore him four fold."

But his citizens hated him, and sent messengers after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'

And the third came, and said, 'Lord, behold here thy pound, which I have kept in a napkin,

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank? That at my coming should I might have required mine own, with vantage.'

'I say unto you, that unto all them that have, it shall be given: and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken from him.

saying unto them, "It is written, 'My house is the house of prayer.' But ye have made it a den of thieves."

For they all have of their superfluity added unto the offering of God: But she, of her penury, hath cast in all the substance that she had."

And he said unto them, "I have inwardly desired to eat this Easter lamb with you before that I suffer.

Ye are they which have bidden with me in my temptations.

But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not. And when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren."

And he said, "I tell thee Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, till thou have thrice denied that thou knowest me."

For I say unto you that, yet, that which is written must be performed in me: for those things which are written of me have an end."

Then said they, "What need we any further witness? We ourselves have heard of his own mouth."

And they began to accuse him saying, "We have found this fellow, perverting the people and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar: and saying that he is Christ, a King."

And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad. For he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him, and trusted to have seen some miracle done by him.

and said unto them, "Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverted the people. And behold, I have examined him before you, and have found no fault in this man, of those things whereof ye accuse him.

For of necessity, he must have let one loose unto them at that feast.

And he said unto them, "What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another as ye walk, and are sad?"

And the one of them named Cleopas, answered, and said unto him, "Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which have chanced therein in these days?"

And how the high priests, and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death: and have crucified him.

But we trusted, that it should have been he that should have delivered Israel. And as touching all these things, today is even the third day, that they were done.

And he said unto them, "O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken.