And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

And Zechariah was terrified [when he] saw [the angel], and fear fell upon him.

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.

And he will go on before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare for the Lord a people made ready."

And the angel answered [and] said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news.

This one will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

And his mercy [is] for generation after generation to those who fear him.

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were wanting to name him {after} his father Zechariah.

So they made signs to his father [asking] what he wanted him to be named,

And all those who heard kept [these things] in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be? For indeed the hand of the Lord was with him!"

[that] we, being rescued from the hand of [our] enemies, could serve him without fear

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

to be registered together with Mary, who was legally promised in marriage to him [and] was pregnant.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

And when the days of their purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present [him] to the Lord

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem {whose name was} Simeon, and this man [was] righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit [that he would] not see death before he would see the Lord's Christ.

And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus so that they could do for him according to what was customary under the law,

he took him in [his] arms and praised God and said,

And his father and mother were astonished at what was said about him.

And at [that] same hour she approached [and] began to give thanks to God, and to speak about him to all those who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

And the child was growing and becoming strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

but believing him to be in the group of travelers, they went a day's journey. And they began searching for him among [their] relatives and [their] acquaintances,

and [when they] did not find [him], they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

And it happened that after three days they found him in the temple [courts], sitting in the midst of the teachers and listening to them and asking them [questions].

And all who heard him were amazed at his insight and [his] answers.

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 he was saying to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

And the crowds were asking him, saying, "What then should we do?"

And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

And those who served in the army were also asking him, saying, "What should we also do?" And he said to them, "Extort from no one, and do not blackmail [anyone], and be content with your pay."

But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done,

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

So the devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, order this stone that it become bread!"

And Jesus replied to him, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone.'"

And he led him up [and] showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this domain and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomever I want.

And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "It is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'"

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and had him stand on the highest point of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "It is said, 'You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.'"

And [when] the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a favorable time.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news about him went out throughout all the surrounding region.

And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll he found the place where it was written,

And he rolled up the scroll [and] gave [it] back to the attendant [and] sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were looking intently at him.

And they were all speaking well of him, and were astonished at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth. And they were saying, "Is this man not the son of Joseph?"

And they stood up [and] forced him out of the town and brought him up to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent and come out of him!" And [after] throwing him down in their midst, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.

And news about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.

And [after he] set out from the synagogue, he went into Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a high fever, and they asked him on behalf of her.

Now [as] the sun was setting, all who had those who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and placing [his] hands on every one of them, he healed them.

And [when it] was day, he departed [and] went to an isolated place. And the crowds were seeking him, and came to him and were trying to prevent him from departing from them.

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around him and hearing the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,

And he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, [and] asked him to put out from the land a little. And he sat down [and] began to teach the crowds from the boat.

For amazement had seized him and all those [who were] with him at the catch of fish that they had caught,

And [after they] brought [their] boats to the land, they left everything [and] followed him.

And it happened that while he was in one of the towns, {there was} a man {covered with leprosy}. And [when he] saw Jesus, he fell down on [his] face [and] begged him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

And extending [his] hand he touched him, saying, "I am willing; be clean." And immediately the leprosy went away from him.

And he ordered him, "Tell no one, but go [and] show yourself to the priest and bring [the offering] for your cleansing just as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

But the report about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering to hear [him] and to be healed of their illnesses.

And it happened that on one of the days as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting [there] who {had come} from every village of Galilee and Judea and [from] Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was [there] in order [for] him to heal.

And behold, men [came] carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and place [him] before him.

And [when they] did not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof [and] let him down through the roof tiles with the stretcher into the midst [of them], in front of Jesus.

And after these [things], he went out and saw a tax collector {named} Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me!"

And leaving everything behind, he got up [and] began to follow him.

And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining for the meal with them.

And they said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and make prayers--likewise also the [disciples] of the Pharisees--but yours are eating and drinking!"

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--

how he entered into the house of God and took the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests alone), [and] ate [it] and gave [it] to those with him?"

So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching closely [to see] if he would heal on the Sabbath, in order that they could find [a reason] to accuse him.

And [after] looking around at them all, he said to him, "Stretch out your hand," and he did, and his hand was restored.

who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were cured.

And the whole crowd was seeking to touch him, because power was going out from him and healing [them] all.

Now a certain centurion's slave, who was esteemed by him, {was sick} [and] was about to die.

So [when he] heard about Jesus, he sent Jewish elders to him, asking him that he would come [and] cure his slave.

And [when they] came to Jesus, they began imploring him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy [that] you grant this for him,

So Jesus went with them. Now by this time he was not far away from the house, [and] the centurion sent friends, saying to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof.

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 it happened that on the next [day] he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother.

And this report about him went out in the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region.

And [when] the men came to him, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to you, saying, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?'"

but the Pharisees and the legal experts rejected the purpose of God for themselves, [because they] had not been baptized by him.)

Now one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he entered into the house of the Pharisee [and] reclined at the table.

and standing behind [him] at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with [her] tears and was wiping [them] with the hair of her head and was kissing his feet and anointing [them] with the perfumed oil.

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]."

[When] they were not able to repay [him], he forgave [the debts] of both. Now which of them will love him more?"

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."

And those who were reclining at the table with [him] began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"

And it happened that {afterward} also he was going about from [one] town and village [to another] preaching and proclaiming the good news concerning the kingdom of God, and the twelve [were] with him,

And [while] a large crowd was gathering and [they] were going to him from town [after town], he spoke by means of a parable:

And other [seed] fell on the good soil, and [when it] came up, it produced a hundred times as much grain." [As he] said these [things], he called out, "The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

And his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

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."

Now his mother and brothers came to him, and they were not able to meet with him because of the crowd.

And it was reported to him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to see you."

And they came [and] woke him up, saying, "Master, master! We are perishing!" So he got up [and] rebuked the wind and the billowing waves of water and they ceased, and it became calm.

And he said to them, "Where [is] your faith?" But they were afraid [and] were astonished, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water and they obey him?"

And [as] he got out on the land, a certain man from the town met [him] who had demons and for a considerable time had not worn clothes and did not live in a house, but among the tombs.

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!"