There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

And all the multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense.

And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, thou favoured one! the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women.

But she, seeing the angel, was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.

And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.

And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:

And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

And blessed is she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from the Lord.

And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house.

And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.

And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth to her child were fulfilled,

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.

But Mary kept all these things in her mind, pondering them in her heart.

And there was a prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was far advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,

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 he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.

And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.

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 standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and forthwith standing up she served 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:

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 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;

But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you;

And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city was with her.

And the Lord, seeing her, was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, Weep not;

In that hour he healed many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.

And Jesus answering said to them, Go, bring back word to John of what ye have seen and heard: that blind see, lame walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf hear, dead are raised, poor are evangelized;

and wisdom has been justified of all her children.

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 turning to the woman he said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gavest me not water on my feet, but she has washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.

For which cause I say to thee, Her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loves little.

And he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven.

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.

But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may not believe and be saved.

But those upon the rock, those who when they hear receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of trial fall away.

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.

But he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.

And a woman who had a flux of blood since twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, could not be cured by any one,

coming up behind, touched the hem of his garment, and immediately her flux of blood stopped.

And he said to her, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith has healed thee; go in peace.

And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not weep, for she has not died, but sleeps.

But he, having turned them all out and taking hold of her hand, cried saying, Child, arise.

And her spirit returned, and immediately she rose up; and he commanded something to eat to be given to her.

And her parents were amazed; but he enjoined them to tell no one what had happened.

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

But the day began to decline, and the twelve came and said to him, Send away the crowd that they may go into the villages around, and into the fields, and lodge and find victuals, for here we are in a desert place.

But I say unto you of a truth, There are some of those standing here who shall not taste death until they shall have seen the kingdom of God.

And it came to pass as they departed from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.

and there was a voice out of the cloud saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house.

In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear them.

And it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received him into her house.

Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;

but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.

And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.

A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.

But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think it, the Son of man comes.

the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.

father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

And lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent together and wholly unable to lift her head up.

And Jesus, seeing her, called to her, 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.

The same hour certain Pharisees came up, saying to him, Get out, and go hence, for Herod is desirous to kill thee.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.

And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.

It is proper neither for land nor for dung; it is cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;

And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.

And having called him, he said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.

But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.

And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among the dead will they be persuaded.

nor shall they say, Lo here, or, Lo there; for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.

And they will say to you, Lo here, or Lo there; go not, nor follow them.

at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.

And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says.

Moreover those mine enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.

saying, Go into the village over against you, in which ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no child of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it here.

and did not find what they could do, for all the people hung on him to hear.

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

And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.

and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;

In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?

for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts of God; but she out of her need has cast in all the living which she had.

And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end is not immediately.

And a hair of your head shall in no wise 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 placed himself at table, and the twelve apostles with him.

And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords. And he said to them, It is enough.