There was in the days of Herod king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And when the angel came in to the room to her, he said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured; the Lord is with thee;

blessed art thou among women! and when she saw him, she was confused at what he said, and pondered in her mind what sort of salutation this could be.

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favor with God:

And the angel answered and said unto her, The holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee, and therefore thine holy offspring shall be called the Son of God: and lo,

thy cousin Elisabeth also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren;

Then Mary said, Behold the servant of the Lord, may it be unto me according to thy word. So the angel departed from her.

And as soon as Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the child leaped in her womb, and Elisabeth was filled with the holy Spirit:

and blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a performance of the things that were told her from the Lord.

And Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her own house.

Now when Elisabeth's time for her delivery was fully come, she brought forth a son:

and her neighbours and kindred heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they congratulated her;

and they said to her, There is none of thy relations of this name.

And while they were there, the days of her delivery were fulfilled,

and she brought forth her son, the first-born, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering them in her heart.

And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him before the Lord:

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser; who was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her first marrying,

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

And He said unto them, No doubt ye will apply to me this proverb, "Physician, cure thyself, and do here in thy own country what we have heard were done at Capernaum."

And He rose up and went out of the synagogue, and came into the house of Simon: now Simon's wife's mother had a violent fever, and they intreated Him on her behalf.

And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever, and it left her: and immediately she arose and waited upon them.

And when the people were pressing on Him to hear the word of God, as He stood by the lake of Gennesareth, seeing two vessels at the edge of the lake,

But the fame of Him spread more and more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.

and He came down the hill with them, and stood in the plain; with the rest of his disciples, and a great multitude of people from all the parts of Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases,

and as He came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carrying out to be buried, his mother's only son, and she was a widow: and many of the people of the city were with her.

And when the Lord saw her, He was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, Do not weep.

And Jesus answering said unto them, Go and tell John what ye have seen and heard: that the blind recover sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them,

But wisdom is justified by all her children.

brought an alabaster-box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind Him, weeping, and washed his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

and turning to the woman, He said to Simon, Dost thou see this woman? I came into thine house, and thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she has bathed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

Wherefore, I tell thee, her sins though many are forgiven, for she loved much: but he to whom little is forgiven, loveth but little.

And He said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

But some fell on good ground, and sprang up and yielded fruit an hundred-fold. And as He said these things He cried out, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

and those by the way-side, are such as hear indeed; but then the devil cometh and taketh away the word from their hearts, least they should believe and be saved.

And those on stony-ground are such as when they hear, receive the word with joy; but have no root, and so believe only for a while, and in the time of trial fall away.

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever improveth what he hath, to him shall more be given; and whosoever hath not, even what he seemeth to have shall be taken from him.

And He answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God and do it.

and a woman who had been in a flux twelve years, and had spent her whole livelyhood upon physicians,

but could not be healed by any, came close behind Him and touched the hem of his garment, and immediately her flux was stopt.

And He said unto her, Daughter, be comforted, thy faith has healed thee, go in peace.)

And they were all weeping and bewailing her: but He said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

But He turned them all out, and taking hold of her hand, called to her, saying, Child, arise.

And her spirit returned, and immediately she stood up: and He ordered something to be given her to eat.

And her parents were exceedingly astonished: but He charged them to tell no one what was done.

And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? and he wanted to see Him.

And when the day began to decline, the twelve came and said to Him, Dismiss the people, that they may go into the villages and country-places round about, and bait, and get food: for here we are in a desert place.

And I assure you, there be some of those who stand here, that shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God.

And as they were departing from Him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here, let us make three tabernacles, one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.

And there came a voice out of the cloud saying, This is my beloved Son, hear ye Him.

But remain in the same house, eating and drinking such as they have; for the laborer is worthy of his hire.

for many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and did not see them; and to hear what ye hear, but did not hear them.

And as they were journeying, He entered into a certain village; and a woman named Martha received Him into her house.

But Martha, being perplexed about much serving, came to Him and said, Lord, dost thou not regard it, that my sister has left me to serve alone? speak to her therefore that she may help me.

And Jesus said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and in a hurry about many things: but one thing is necessary.

And Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

As He was speaking these things, a certain woman lifted up her voice from amidst the croud, and said, Happy is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck!

but He replied, Yea rather happy are they, that hear the word of God and keep it.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the day of judgement against the men of this generation and condemn them: for she came from the remote parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

And the men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgement against this generation, and condemn it; for they repented upon the preaching of Jonas, and behold a greater than Jonas is here.

And this ye know, that if the master of a house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broke open:

the father will be against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

And He laid his hands upon her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and ye would not?

But when thou art invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, that, when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then wilt thou have honor before them that sit at table with thee:

it is neither fit for the land, nor for the dunghil; but they throw it away. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Then drew near unto Him all the publicans and other notorious sinners, to hear Him.

and when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and neighbors together; saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.

And he called him, and said unto him, What is this I hear of thee? give up the accounts of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Abraham answered him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them:

Neither shall they say, Behold it is here, or behold it is there; for the kingdom of God is within you.

And they will say to you, Behold, He is here, or behold He is there: but go not after them, nor follow them.

nor regard man, yet because this widow gives me trouble, I will do her justice, least by continually coming she weary me out.

And the Lord said, hear what even the unjust judge saith:

and could not find how to effect it: for all the people were attentive to hear Him.

But when the husbandmen saw Him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

and the third took her;

Therefore at the resurrection whose wife is she? for all the seven had her to wife.

For all these have out of their abundance contributed to the offerings of God: but she out of her penury hath given all she had.

And when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these must first happen; but the end will not be directly.

But not an hair of your head shall perish.

And all the people came early in the morning to Him in the temple to hear Him.

And when the hour was come, He sat down and the twelve apostles with Him.

And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords. And He said unto them, It is enough.

When I was day after day with you in the temple, ye did not stretch out your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

And about an hour after, another confidently affirmed saying, In truth this fellow also was with Him; for he is a Galilean too: but Peter answered,

Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land till the ninth hour.

He is not here, He is risen: remember how He spake to you, when He was yet in Galilee,

But they not yet believing for joy, and being amazed, He said to them, Have ye here any thing to eat?