And the whole multitude of the people were without, praying at the hour of incense.

"For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, "He shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, "He shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from the hour of his birth,

to a maiden betrothed to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her name was Mary.

The angel went in and said to her. "Joy to you, highly favored one! "The Lord is with you."

Mary was greatly agitated at his word, and was revolving in her mind what this salutation could mean.

when the angel said to her. "Fear not Mary, for you have found grace with God.

"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.

Then Mary said: "Behold I am Lord's slave. Let it be to me as you have said." Then the angel departed from her.

And when Elizabeth heard her salutation, the babe leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth herself was filled with the Holy Spirit,

"And blessed is she who believed that the Lord's words spoken to her would be fulfilled."

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

and her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with her,

But while they were there the days were fulfilled for her delivery.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.

But Mary treasured up all those words, Often pondering on them in her heart.

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in age, having lived with her husband seven years, after her girlhood,

She came up at that very hour, and gave thanks to God, and spoke of the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Then he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was always obedient to them. But his mother kept treasuring up all these incidents in her hearts.

Then he brought him to Jerusalem, and caused him to stand upon the Temple roof, and said to him. "If you really are the Son of God throw yourself down here;

Jesus answered. "Doubtless you will quote the proverb to me, 'Physician, heal thyself!' Do also here in your own country all that we hear that you have done in Capernaum."

Now when he rose and left the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon, where Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of a great fever. And they kept entreating him for her.

And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her; and at once she arose and ministered unto them.

But all the more the report about him continued to spread; and great crowds began to come together to hear him, and to be healed of their infirmities.

With these he came down till he reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of his disciples and a great many people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. These came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases.

Here the slave of a certain Roman captain, a man dear to his master, was ill, and at the point of death.

A great crowd accompanied her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."

"Nevertheless, wisdom is justified by all her children."

and standing behind, at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and to wipe them with her hair, while she tenderly kissed his feet, and poured the perfume over them.

"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.

"This is why I tell you that her sins, many as they are, are forgiven, for her love is great; but he who is forgiven little, loves but little.

"Your sins are forgiven," he said to her.

"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."

He answered. "To you it is given to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God; But all others are taught in parables so that seeing they shall not see, and hearing they shall not hear.

"Those by the wayside are people who hear, but then comes the devil and carries off the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and not be saved.

When he landed here he was met by a certain townsman who was possessed by demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes and nor lived in any house, but in tombs.

And a woman who for twelve years had had a hemorrhage, and had spent on doctors all that she had, but none had cured her,

The people were weeping and bewailing her, but he said: "Stop your wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep."

But he took her by the hand and called to her, "Little daughter, rise!"

And her spirit returned and instantly she stood up.

He bade them to get her some food. Her parents were amazed; but he forbade them to tell any one what had been done.

But now the day began to decline, and the twelve came to him and said: "Send away the crowd so that they may go into the villages and surrounding the country to lodge and buy provisions; for here we are on a solitary place."

"But I tell you truly there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God."

And when they were preparing to depart from him Peter said to Jesus. "Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"??ot knowing what he was saying.

"Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give. for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not go from house to house.

In the same hour he thrilled with joy in the Holy Ghost. "I praise thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth," he said "for hiding these things from the wise and prudent, and for revealing them to babes. Yea, Father, for so it was well pleasing in thy sight!

"For I tell you that many prophets and kings have longed to see what you see, and have seen it; and to hear what you hear, and have heard it not.'

It happened as they went on their way that he entered into a certain village were a woman named Martha received him into her house.

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."

"The queen of the South shall rise up in Judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, one greater than Solomon is here!

"The men of the Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with his generation and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and lo! one greater than Jonah is here!

"for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you ought to say."

"However, you know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

"Do you also be ready, for in an hour that you think not the Son of man is coming."

"that slave's master will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour when he knows not, and will surely scourge him, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.

"father against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

Jesus noticed her and called to him and said, "Woman, you are free from your weakness."

Then he placed his hand on her, and she instantly stood upright and began to give glory to God.

But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day."

That very day there came some Pharisees to him, saying, "Get out of here and go away, for Herod wishes to kill you."

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

"But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when your host arrives he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' Then you will be honored before the other guest.

"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!"

"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.'

"He called to him to him and said: "'What is this that I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can no longer be steward.'

"To a second he said, 'How much do you owe?' "The man answered, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' "'Here is you bill,' he said, 'change it to eighty measures.'

"Every man who divorces his wife and marries some one else, commits adultery; and he who marries one who is put away by her husband commits adultery.

"'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.

"But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you to us.'

"nor will they say, 'Look here it is!' or 'See there!'??or the kingdom of God is now in your midst."

"'yet because this woman annoys me I will give her justice, lest by her continual coming she wear me out.'

"Today is salvation come to this house," said Jesus "since Zaccheus here is a son of Abraham.

"And the next came to him and said, 'Here master is your pound which I was keeping safe in a napkin.

"'Howbeit these enemies of mine who were not willing for me to become their King, bring them here, and slay them in my presence.'"

"Untie it and bring it here. And if any one asks you, 'Why are you untying the colt?' Simply say, 'The Master needs it.'"

"But when the vine-dressers saw him, they reasoned together, saying. 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.'

"and the second and third took her,

"In the resurrection whose wife shall she be? For they all seven had her as wife."

"for these men have all contributed to the offering out of their surplus, but she, out of her want, contributed all she had to live on."

"And when you shall hear of wars and tumults, do not be frightened; for these things must happen first, but the end does not come immediately."

"And not a hair on your head shall perish.

"But when you see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

And when the hour was come he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him,

"Master" they said, "here are two swords!" "That is enough," he answered.

"When daily I was with you in the temple you did not stretch out your hands to take me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness."

But an hour afterwards another man kept insisting, saying. "Really, this fellow was with him. Why, he is a Galilean."

It was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

"He is not here; he is risen. Do you remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee

So they rose and returned to Jerusalem that very hour, and found the Eleven and the others all met together,

But while they still did not believe it for joy, and were filled with wonder, he asked them, "Have you anything here to eat?"