SINCE many have undertaken to compose a history of the things that are fully believed among us,

that you might know the certainty of the things in which you have been instructed.

And you shall have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth.

And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary; for you have found favor with God.

for my eyes have seen thy salvation,

And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him: Child, why have you acted thus toward us? Be hold, your father and I have sought for you in sorrow.

Bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance. And begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

And he began to say to them: This scripture which you have heard, is this day fulfilled.

And he said to them: You will assuredly apply to me this proverb, Physician, heal yourself. Whatever things we have heard were done in Capernaum, do also here in your country.

saying: Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Nazarene? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

But he said to them: I must make known the good news of the kingdom of God to other cities also; for to this end I have been sent.

And Simon answered and said to him: Master, we have toiled all night and have caught nothing; but at thy command, I will let down the net.

And astonishment seized upon all, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying: We have seen strange things to-day.

And Jesus answered arid said to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.

And Jesus answered and said to them: Have you not read even that which David did, when he was hungry him self, and those who were with him,

But alas for you that are rich! for you have received your consolation.

And if you love them that love you, what thanks have you? for even sinners love those who love them.

And if you do good to them that do good to you, what thanks have you? for even sinners do the same.

And if you lend to them from whom you hope to receive, what thanks have you? for even sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive the same.

For I am a man placed under authority, and have soldiers under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

And when Jesus heard these things, he was filled with admiration for him; and, turning to the multitude that followed, he said: I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

And Jesus answered and said to them: Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them;

They are like children sitting in the market-place, who call to one another, and say, We have played on the pipe for you, and you have not danced; we have sung mournful songs for you, and you have not lamented.

But when the Pharisee who had invited him, saw it, he said within himself: This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who, and what sort of woman this is that touches him; for she is a sinner.

And Jesus answered and said to him: Simon, I have some thing to say to you. He replied: Teacher, say on.

Simon answered and said: I suppose he to whom he forgave the more. He said to him: You have decided correctly.

Those on the rock are they that, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who, for awhile, believe, and in time of temptation apostatize.

Take heed, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, even that which he seems to have shall be taken from him.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice: "What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not.

And he said to them: Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; nor have two coats each.

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

But he said to them: Do you give them food. They replied: We have nothing but five loaves and two fishes, unless we go and buy food for all these people.

And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have roosts, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

And in that house remain, eating and drinking what they have to give; for the laborer is worthy of his hire; go not from house to house.

Alas for thee, Chorazin! alas for thee, Bethsaida! for, if the mighty works which have been done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

He said to him: You have answered correctly; do this, and you shall live.

And he said to them: Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

for a friend of mine, who is on a journey, has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

But alas for you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have left undone.

Alas for you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not go in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you prevented.

Wherefore, what you have spoken in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

But I say to you, my friends, Fear not them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

And he reasoned within himself, saying: What shall I do? for I have no place in which I can store my fruits.

and I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.

But God said to him: Senseless man, this night shall your soul be required of you; and who shall have the things which you have provided?

Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; yet God feeds them: you are of far more value than the birds.

For all these things the nations of the world seek after; but your Father knows that you have need of these things.

Sell what you have, and be charitable. Make for yourselves purses that do not become old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near, and no moth corrupts.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. To whomever much has been given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have intrusted much, of him will they ask the more.

I have come to send fire on the earth; and how greatly do I wish that it were already kindled!

I have an immersion with which to be immersed, and how distressed I am till it be accomplished!

Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I toll you, No; but rather dissension.

I say to you, You shall not come out thence, till you have paid the very last mite.

Then he said to his vine-dresser, Behold, for three years I have come and sought fruit on this fig-tree, and I have found none; cut it down; why does it occupy the ground unprofitably?

then, you will begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent to thee: how often have I desired to gather thy children together, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, and you refused.

When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not recline in the first place, lest a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him;

But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, that when he that invited you shall come, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then you shall have honor in the presence of those who recline with you.

and you shall be blessed; for they have no power to repay you; but you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

And they all, with one consent, began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a farm, and I must go and see it; I pray you, have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them; I pray you, have me excused.

And another said, I have married a wife, and, for this reason, I can not come.

For I say to you, that not one of those men who have been invited, shall taste of my supper.

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, and says to them., Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma that I lost.

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods which the swine did eat. And no one gave to him.

But when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I am perishing with hunger!

I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight,

But his son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.

But he answered and said to his father, Behold, for so many years do I serve you, and never have I transgressed your commandment, and yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.

But as soon as this your son has come, Who has eaten up your estate with harlots, you have killed for him the fatted calf.

And he said to him, Son, you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes from me the stewardship. I have not strength to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

If, therefore, you have not been faithful in the unrighteous riches, who will intrust you with the true?

And if you have not been faithful in that which is another s, who will give to you that which is your own?

and he would gladly have been fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And even the dogs came and licked his sores.

And he called to him and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

for I have five brothers; that he may earnestly admonish them, lest they also come to this place of torment.

Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

But will he not say to him, Make ready my supper, and gird yourself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunk; and afterward, you shall eat and drink?

So also you, when you shall have done all things that you arc commanded to do, say, We are unprofitable servants; for we have done what was our duty to do.

And they lift ed up their voice, saying: Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

He replied: All these have I kept from my youth.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him: One thing you yet lack; sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

When Jesus saw that he was very sad, he said: How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all and followed thee.

And he cried out and said: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.

And those who went before rebuked him, that he should be silent. But he cried so much the more: Son of David, have mercy on me.

And Zacchaeus stood, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken from any one by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

And he said to him: Well done, good servant; because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.

And another came and said: Lord, behold your pound, which I have kept laid away in a napkin.

And why then did you not put my money into the bank, that, when I came, I could have collected it with inter est?

And he answered, and said to them: I say to you, that if these had been silent, the stones would have cried out.

and said to them: It is written, My house is a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.

For all these, from their abundance, have thrown in among the gifts of God; but she, from her poverty, has thrown in all the living that she had.

And he said to them: I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.

And he said to them: The kings of the nations have dominion over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.