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

And Zacharias, seeing him, was troubled; and fear fell upon him.

But the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zacharias; because your supplication was heard; and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.

And the angel, answering, said to him, "I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak to you, and to proclaim these glad tidings to you.

He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His father David;

And His mercy is unto generations and generations to those who fear Him.

And it came to pass, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they were calling him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

And they were making signs to his father, what he wished him to be called.

and all who heard laid them up in their heart, saying, "What, then, shall this child be!" For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.

to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear,

in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.

and she brought forth her Son, the Firstborn, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And, having seen Him, they made known concerning the saying spoken to them about this Child.

And, when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising Him, His name was called Jesus??hich was so called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

And, when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought Him up to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord,

He was saying, therefore, to the multitudes coming forth to be immersed by him, "Broods of vipers! who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

And the multitudes were asking him, saying, "What, then, shall we do?"

And he, answering, said to them, "Let him who has two coats share with him who has none; and let him who has food do likewise."

And there came also tax-collectors to be immersed, and they said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?"

And soldiers also were questioning him, saying, "And what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do violence to no one, neither accuse any one falsely, and be content with your wages."

but Herod, the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother, and concerning all the evils which Herod did,

and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form, as a dove; and a voice came out of Heaven, "Thou art My Son, the Beloved, in Whom I delighted."

And the Devil said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, command this stone, that it become bread."

And Jesus made answer to him, "It has been written, 'Not on bread alone shall man live.'"

And, leading Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in a moment of time.

And the Devil said to Him, "To Thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them; because to me it has been delivered, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"

And he led Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, cast Thyself down hence;

And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

And, having completed every temptation, the Devil departed from Him until a fitting season.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and a report went out concerning Him through all the region round about.

And there was given to Him a book of the prophet Isaiah; and, opening the book, He found the place where it had been written,

And, having closed the book. He gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on Him.

And all were bearing witness to Him, and were wondering at the words of grace which proceeded out of His mouth; and they said, "Is not this Joseph's Son?"

and, rising up, they cast Him forth out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, to throw Him down headlong;

And Jesus rebuked it, saying, "Be silent, and come out from him." And the demon, hurling him into the midst, came out from him, having injured him naught.

And there was going forth a report concerning Him into every place of the region round about.

And, rising up, He went out of the synagogue into the house of Simon. And the mother-in-law of Simon was afflicted with a great fever; and they besought Him concerning her.

And, as the sun was setting, all, as many as had any ailing with divers diseases, brought them to Him; and He, laying His hands on each one of them, was healing them.

And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "Thou art the Son of God." And, rebuking them, He was not suffering them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

And, day coming on, going forth, He went into a desert place; and the multitudes were seeking after Him, and came to Him, and were trying to restrain Him from going away from them.

Now it came to pass, as the multitude was pressing upon Him, and hearing the word of God, that He was standing by the lake Gennesaret;

And, entering into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He asked him to put out a little from the land; and, having taken a seat, He was teaching the multitudes out of the boat.

for astonishment seized him, and all those with him, on account of the draught of the fishes which they took;

And, having brought their boats to the land, leaving all, they followed Him.

And it came to pass, while He was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy; and, when he saw Jesus, falling on his face, he besought Him, saying, "Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean."

And, stretching forth His hand, He touched him, saying, "I am willing; be made clean." And straightway the leprosy departed from him.

And He charged him to tell no one; but, "Departing, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."

But the report concerning Him was going abroad the more; and many multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.

And it came to pass, on one of the days, that He was teaching; and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present with Him to heal.

And, behold, men bearing on a couch a man who was a paralytic, and they were seeking to bring him in, and place him before Him.

And, not finding by what means they might bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with the couch, into the midst, before Jesus.

And, after these things, He went forth, and beheld a tax-collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax-office; and He said to him, "Follow Me."

And, having forsaken all, rising up, he followed Him.

And Levi made a great reception for Him in his house; and there was a great multitude of tax-collectors and of others who were reclining at table with them.

And they said to Him, "The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also those of the Pharisees; but Thine are eating and drinking!"

And Jesus, answering, said to them, "Did ye never read this that David did, when he was hungry, and those with him;

how he entered into the house of God, and taking the showbread, ate, and gave to those with him; which it is not lawful to eat, except for the priests only?"

And the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him, whether He would heal on the sabbath: that they might find how to accuse Him.

And, looking round upon them all, He said to him, "Stretch forth your hand." And he did so, and his hand was restored.

and, descending with them, He stood upon a level place; and a large multitude of His disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, were present, who came to hear Him, and to be healed of their diseases;

and all the multitude were seeking to touch Him; because power was coming forth from Him, and was healing them all.

"To him who smites you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, withhold not your coat also.

"Give to every one who asks of you; and of him who takes away your goods, ask them not back.

And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, being ill, was about to die.

And, having heard about Jesus, he sent to Him elders of the Jews, asking Him, that, having come, He would thoroughly save his servant.

And they, coming to Jesus, were earnestly beseeching Him, saying, "He is worthy for whom Thou shalt do this;

And Jesus was going with them. And now, when He was not far distant from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, "Lord, trouble not Thyself; for I am not worthy that Thou shouldest come under my roof.

And, hearing these things, Jesus marvelled at him; and, turning, He said to the multitude following Him, "I say to you, not even in Israel did I find such faith!"

And it came to pass soon afterwards that He went to a city called Nain; and there were going with Him His disciples, and a large multitude.

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

And this report concerning Him went forth in all Judaea, and in all the surrounding country.

And the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these things.

And, calling to him two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to expect another?"

And, coming near to Him, the men said, "John, the Immerser, sent us to Thee, saying, 'Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to expect another?'"

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God as to themselves, not having been immersed by him.

And one of the Pharisees was asking Him to eat with him; and, having entered into the Pharisee's house, He reclined at table.

But, seeing it, the Pharisee who invited Him, spake in himself, saying, "This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what sort of woman this is that is touching Him, because she is a sinner."

And Jesus, answering, said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he says, "Teacher, say it."

And, they having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, therefore, will love him the more?"

Simon, answering, said, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the more." And He said to him, "Rightly did you judge."

And those reclining with Him began to say in themselves, "Who is This That even forgiveth sins!"

And it came to pass soon afterwards, that He was passing through by city and village, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God; and the twelve were with Him;

And, when a large multitude was coming together, and those from city after city were coming to Him, He spake through a parable:

And another fell into the good ground; and, growing, it produced fruit, a hundredfold." Saying these things, He was crying aloud, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

And His disciples were asking Him, what this parable might be.

Take heed, therefore, how ye hear; for whosoever has, to him shall be given; and whosoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken from him."

Now there came to Him His mother and brothers; and they could not get to Him because of the multitude.

And it was reported to Him, "Thy mother and Thy brothers have been standing without, wishing to see Thee."

And, coming near, they awoke Him, saying, "Master, Master, we perish!" And, having arisen, He rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they ceased, and it became calm.

And He said to them, "Where is your faith?" And, struck with fear, they marvelled, saying one to another, "Who, then, is This, that He commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!"

And, when He went forth on the land, there met Him a certain man out of the city, who had demons, and for a long time he had worn no clothing; and he abode not in a house, but in the tombs.

And, seeing Jesus, he, crying out, fell down before Him, and, with a loud voice, said, "What is there to me and to Thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beg of Thee, do not torment me!"

For He was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man; for many times had it seized him, and he was bound with chains and fetters, kept under guard; and, bursting the bonds, he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," (because many demons entered into him).

And they were entreating Him, that He would not command them to go away into the abyss.

And there was there a herd of many swine in the mountains; and they besought Him that He would permit them to enter into them. And He permitted them.

And the whole multitude of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Him to depart from them; because they were being constrained by great fear. And He, entering into a boat, returned.

And the man, from whom the demons had gone forth, was begging Him that he might be with Him; but He sent him away, saying,