And the messenger said to her, 'Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

And the messenger answering said to her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,

Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men -- good will.'

'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

and Jesus having seen her, did call her near, and said to her, 'Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;'

the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'

and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, 'Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

saying, 'blessed is he who is coming, a king in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.'

And the one, whose name was Cleopas, answering, said unto him, 'Art thou alone such a stranger in Jerusalem, that thou hast not known the things that came to pass in it in these days?'