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."

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,

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.

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.

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.

Now there was a great herd of swine feeding on the hillside, and the demons begged him to give them leave to enter them. He gave them leave.

The demons came out of the man, and entered into the swine; the herd rushed violently down over the cliff into the lake.

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.

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!

"But woe unto you Pharisee! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and disregard justice and the love of God; but these you ought to have done, and not leave the other undone.

"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!

"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.'

"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.'"

"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."

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

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

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

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