it fell to him by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense.

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

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

But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn hearts of fathers to children, and disobedient ones to the thoughts of just men, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

And the angel answering, said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;

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

and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him.

And all who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? And the Lord's hand was with him.

to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear

in piety and righteousness before him all our days.

to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him as his wife, she being great with child.

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

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

And when the days were fulfilled for their purifying according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see the Lord's Christ.

And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and as the parents brought in the child Jesus that they might do for him according to the custom of the law,

he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

And his father and mother wondered at the things which were said concerning him.

and she coming up the same hour gave praise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who waited for redemption in Jerusalem.

And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom, and God's grace was upon him.

but, supposing him to be in the company that journeyed together, they went a day's journey, and sought him among their relations and acquaintances:

and not having found him they returned to Jerusalem seeking him.

And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers and hearing them and asking them questions.

And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

And when they saw him they were amazed: and his mother said to him, Child, why hast thou dealt thus with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee distressed.

He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

And the crowds asked him saying, What should we do then?

And he answering says to them, He that has two body-coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.

And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?

And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.

And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.

And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And the devil, leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.

And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for it is given up to me, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the edge of the temple, and said to him, If thou be Son of God, cast thyself down hence;

And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

And the devil, having completed every temptation, departed from him for a time.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and a rumour went out into the whole surrounding country about him;

And the book of the prophet Esaias was given to him; and having unrolled the book he found the place where it was written,

And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.

And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out from him. And the demon, having thrown him down into the midst, came out from him without doing him any injury.

And a rumour went out into every place of the country round concerning him.

And rising up out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. But Simon's mother-in-law was suffering under a bad fever; and they asked him for her.

And when the sun went down, all, as many as had persons sick with divers diseases, brought them to him, and having laid his hands on every one of them, he healed them;

and demons also went out from many, crying out and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and would have kept him back that he should not go from them.

And it came to pass, as the crowd pressed on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:

And getting into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to draw out a little from the land; and he sat down and taught the crowds out of the ship.

And Simon answering said to him, Master, having laboured through the whole night we have taken nothing, but at thy word I will let down the net.

For astonishment had laid hold on him, and on all those who were with him, at the haul of fishes which they had taken;

And having run the ships on shore, leaving all they followed him.

And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed: and immediately the leprosy departed from him.

And he enjoined him to tell no one; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses ordained, for a testimony to them.

But the report concerning him was spread abroad still more, and great crowds came together to hear, and to be healed from their infirmities.

And lo, men bringing upon a couch a man who was paralysed; and they sought to bring him in, and put him before him.

And not finding what way to bring him in, on account of the crowd, going up on the housetop they let him down through the tiles, with his little couch, into the midst before Jesus.

And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me.

And having left all, rising up, he followed him.

And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.

And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?

And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were with him,

how he entered into the house of God and took the shewbread and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is not lawful that any eat, unless the priests alone?

And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching if he would heal on the sabbath, that they might find something of which to accuse him.

And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch out thy hand. And he did so and his hand was restored as the other.

and having descended with them, he stood on a level place, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out from him and healed all.

To him that smites thee on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him that would take away thy garment, forbid not thy body-coat also.

To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.

And a certain centurion's bondman who was dear to him was ill and about to die;

and having heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, begging him that he might come and save his bondman.

But they, being come to Jesus, besought him diligently, saying, He is worthy to whom thou shouldest grant this,

And Jesus went with them. But already, when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent to him friends, saying to him, Lord, do not trouble thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.

And Jesus hearing this wondered at him, and turning to the crowd following him said, I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

And it came to pass afterwards he went into a city called Nain, and many of his disciples and a great crowd went with him.

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

And this report went out in all Judaea concerning him, and in all the surrounding country.

And the disciples of John brought him word concerning all these things:

But the men having come to him said, John the baptist has sent us to thee, saying, Art thou he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

but the Pharisees and the lawyers rendered null as to themselves the counsel of God, not having been baptised by him.)

But one of the Pharisees begged him that he would eat with him. And entering into the house of the Pharisee he took his place at table;

and standing at his feet behind him weeping, began to wash his feet with tears; and she wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the myrrh.

And the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing it, spoke with himself saying, This person if he were a prophet would have known who and what the woman is who touches him, for she is a sinner.

And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he says, Teacher, say it.

but as they had nothing to pay, he forgave both of them their debt: say, which of them therefore will love him most?

And Simon answering said, I suppose he to whom he forgave the most. And he said to him, Thou hast rightly judged.

And it came to pass afterwards that he went through the country city by city, and village by village, preaching and announcing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God; and the twelve were with him,

and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.

And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:

and other fell into the good ground, and having sprung up bore fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable 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.

And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not get to him because of the crowd.