In the days of Herod the king of Judea, there was a certain priest by the name of Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

And the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son; and you shall call his name John.

And when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

and her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy to her, and congratulated her.

And all who heard laid them to heart, saying, What then is this child to be? For the hand of the Lord was also with him.

and all who heard wondered at the things told them by the shepherds.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and his answers.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.

AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of Herodias his brother's wife and for all the evil deeds which Herod had done,

And he said to them, You will undoubtedly tell me this proverb; Physician, cure yourself; things which we heard were done in Capernaum, do also here in your own country.

And all in the synagogue when they heard these things were filled with wrath;

The good man out of the good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil man out of the evil brings forth evil; for out of the abundance of the heart its mouth speaks.

And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the good news preached to them;

And all the people who heard this, and the publicans, justified God, having received the baptism of John.

and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susannah, and many others, who served them with their property.

But that on the good ground signifies those who, with a noble and good heart, hearing the word retain it, and bear fruit persistently.

And there was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they besought him to permit them to enter into them; and be permitted them.

And the demons going out of the man entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the precipice into the lake and were drowned.

And Herod the tetrarch heard all things which were done, and was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was raised from the dead,

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

For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things which you hear, and have not heard them.

And he answered and said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.

And she had a sister called Mary, and she sat at the feet of the Lord and heard his word.

Whatever, therefore, you have said in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what you have spoken to the ear in private rooms, shall be proclaimed on the houses.

for where your treasury is, there will your heart be also.

But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begins to beat the younger servants, and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

On the same day some of the Pharisees came to him, saying, Go out and depart hence, for Herod wishes to kill you.

But his older son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house he heard music and the dancers.

And the Pharisees, who are avaricious, heard all these things, and derided him.

And when he heard these things he was sad; for he was very rich.

And they said, What further need have we of testimony? for we ourselves have heard from his mouth.

And learning that he was of the province of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was himself also at Jerusalem in those days.

And when Herod saw Jesus he was much pleased; for he had wished for a long time to see him, because he had heard about him, and he hoped to see some miracle performed by him.

And Herod, with his soldiers, treated him with contempt, and mocked him, and put on him a splendid garment, and sent him back to Pilate.

And Pilate and Herod became friends to each other on that day; for they had before been enemies to each other.

but neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death has been done by him;