Since many have attempted to compile an account concerning the events that have been fulfilled among us,

it seemed best to me also--[because I] have followed all [things] carefully from the beginning--to write [them] down in orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus,

And {they did not have} a child, because Elizabeth was barren. And they were both advanced {in years}.

And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

For my eyes have seen your salvation

that you have prepared in the presence of all the peoples,

And [when they] saw him, they were astounded and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have been searching for you anxiously!"

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

And he answered [and] said to them, "The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have [one], and the one who has food must do likewise."

And he said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable: 'Physician, heal yourself!' Whatever we have heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your hometown also!"

"Ha! {Leave us alone}, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"

And amazement seized [them] all, and they began to glorify God. And they were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen wonderful things today!"

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}.

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."

And he also told a parable to them: "No one tears a patch from a new garment [and] puts [it] on an old garment. Otherwise, he will have torn the new also, and the old will not match the patch [that is] from the new.

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Have you not read this, what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

"But woe to you who are rich, because you have received your comfort.

And [when] Jesus heard these [things], he marveled at him, and turning around to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith!"

And he answered [and] said to them, "Go [and] tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear; the dead are raised, the poor have good news announced to [them].

Now [when] the Pharisee who invited him saw [this], he spoke to himself, saying, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman [this is] who is touching him, that she is a sinner."

And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he said, "Teacher, say [it]."

Simon answered [and] said, "I suppose that [it is the one] to whom he forgave more." And he said to him, "You have judged correctly."

{For this reason} I tell you, her sins--[which were] many--have been forgiven, for she loved much. But [the one] to whom little is forgiven loves little."

And other [seed] fell on the rock, and [when it] came up, it withered, because it did not have moisture.

and those beside the path are the ones who have heard. Then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe [and] be saved.

And those on the rock [are those] who receive the word with joy when they hear [it], and these do not have [enough] root, who believe for a time and in a time of testing fall away.

Therefore consider how you listen, for whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks [that he] has will be taken away from him."

And [when he] saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "{What do I have to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!"

And he said to them, "Take along nothing for the journey--neither a staff, nor a traveler's bag, nor bread, nor money, nor to have two tunics apiece.

But he said to them, "You give them [something] to eat!" And they said, "{We have no} more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go [and] purchase food for all these people."

(For there were about five thousand men.) So he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay [his] head."

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

Behold, I have given you the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will ever harm you.

At [that] same time he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these [things] from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to young children. Yes, Father, for this was pleasing before you.

All [things] have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father and who the Father is except the Son, and [anyone] to whom the Son wants to reveal [him]."

And he said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live."

And he said to them, "Who of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I do not have anything to set before him.'

And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him {to have a meal} with him, and he went in [and] reclined at table.

Woe to you, legal experts, because you have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering!"

Therefore everything that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what {you have whispered} in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

"And I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after these [things] do not have anything more to do.

And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.'

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" '

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

Blessed [are] those slaves whom the master will find on the alert [when he] returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by [and] serve them.

But understand this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.

"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am distressed until it is accomplished!

Do you think that I have come to grant peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid back even the last cent!"

So he said to the gardener, 'Behold, {for three years} I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and did not find [any]. Cut it down! Why should it even exhaust the soil?'

And he sent his slave at the hour of the banquet to say to those who have been invited, 'Come, because now it is ready!'

And they all {alike} began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I have purchased a field, and {I must} go out to look at it. I ask you, consider me excused.'

And another said, 'I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you, consider me excused.'

And another said, 'I have married a wife, and for this [reason] I am not able to come.'

And [when he] returns to [his] home, he calls together [his] friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!'

I tell you that in the [same] way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

And [when she] has found [it], she calls together [her] friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found the drachma that I had lost!'

"But [when he] came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have an abundance {of food}, and I am dying here from hunger!

I will set out [and] go to my father and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}!

And [his] son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}! I am no longer worthy to be called your son!'

But he answered [and] said to his father, 'Behold, so many years I have served you, and have never disobeyed your command! And you never gave me a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

But he said to him, 'Child, you are always with me, and {everything I have belongs to you}.

If then you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true [riches]?

And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you your own?

And he called out [and] said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he could dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering pain in this flame!'

for I have five brothers, so that he could warn them, in order that they also should not come to this place of torment!'

But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must listen to them.'

So the Lord said, "If you have faith like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Thus you also, when you have done all the {things you were ordered to do}, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done what we were obligated to do.'"

And they raised [their] voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

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

And [when he] heard [this], Jesus said to him, "{You still lack one thing}: Sell all that you have, and distribute [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."

And Peter said, "Behold, we have left {all that is ours} [and] followed you."

And he called out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And those who were in front rebuked him, that he should be silent, but he cried out {even more loudly}, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And Zacchaeus stopped [and] said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am paying [it] back four times [as much]!"

And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small thing, {have authority} over ten cities.'

And why did you not give my money to the bank, and I, [when I] returned, would have collected it with interest?'

'I tell you that to everyone who has, [more] will be given. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

saying to them, "It is written, 'And my house will be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

"Show me a denarius! Whose image and inscription does it have?" And they answered [and] said, "Caesar's."

And some of the scribes answered [and] said, "Teacher, you have spoken well."

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these [things] [that] are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

And he said to them, "Behold, [when] you have entered into the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters.

And he said to them, "{I have earnestly desired} to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

So he said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called benefactors.

"And you are the ones who have remained with me in my trials,

but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. And you, [when] once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

And he said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times [that you] know me!"

And he said to them, "But now the one who has a money bag must take [it], and likewise a traveler's bag. And the one who does not have a sword must sell his cloak and buy [one].

And Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come out against him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber?

And they said, "Why do we have need [of] further testimony? For [we] ourselves have heard [it] from his mouth!"

And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding [us] to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying [he] himself is Christ, a king!"

And we indeed justly, for we are receiving {what we deserve} [for] what we have done. But this man has done nothing wrong!"

And one [of them], {named} Cleopas, answered [and] said to him, "[Are] you the only one living near Jerusalem and not knowing the things that have happened in it in these days?"

And he said to them, "O foolish and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!