There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And the angel coming in to her, said, Hail, thou highly favoured; the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

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 Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that Holy thing which shall be born, shall be called the Son of God.

And behold thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

And the angel departed from her.

And when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb: and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost,

And happy is she that believed; for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

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

And her neighbours and relations heard, that the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her, and they rejoiced with her.

And they said to her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

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

But Mary kept all these things, comparing them together in her heart.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher: she was of a great age, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity.

And she coming in at that hour, gave thanks to the Lord, and spake of him to all that were waiting for redemption in Jerusalem.

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

And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy own country.

And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was ill of a fever, and they besought him for her.

And standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her: and immediately she arose and served them.

And as the multitude pressed on him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesareth,

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him, and great multitudes came together, to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

And coming down with them, he stood on a plain, and the croud of his disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases:

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

And as he drew nigh the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a great multitude of the city was with her.

And the Lord seeing her, was moved with tender compassion for her, and said, Weep not.

And in that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues, and of evil spirits, and to many that were blind he gave sight.

And he answering said to them, Go and tell John the things ye have seen and heard: the blind see; the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed; the deaf hear; the dead are raised; to the poor the gospel is preached.

But wisdom is justified by all her children.

brought an alabaster box of ointment, And standing at his feet behind him weeping, watered his feet with a shower of tears, and wiped them, with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath watered my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

Wherefore I say to thee, Those many sins of her's are forgiven; therefore she loved much: but he to whom little is forgiven, loveth little.

And he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven. And they that sat at table with him said within themselves,

And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred fold. And saying these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Those by the way-side are they that hear; then cometh the devil and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Those on the rock are they, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. But they have no root, who for a while believe; but in time of temptation fall away.

Take heed therefore how ye hear; for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even what he hath.

And he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren are these who hear the word of God and keep it.

And a woman who had had an issue of blood twelve years, and had spent all her living upon Physicians, neither could be healed by any,

Came behind him and touched the border of his garment, and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

And he said to her, Daughter, take courage: thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

And all wept and bewailed her. But he said, Weep not; she is not dead; but sleepeth.

And he put them all out, and taking her by the hand, called, saying, Maid, arise.

And her spirit returned, and she arose straightway, and he commanded to give her meat.

And her parents were astonished: but he charged them, to tell no man that which had been done.

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

And the day began to decline. And the twelve coming to him said, send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge and find victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

And I tell you of a truth there are some standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

And just as they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents, ane for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah, not knowing what he said.

And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son; hear ye him.

And remain in the same house eating and drinking such things as they have; for the labourer is worthy of his hire: go not from house to house.

Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, that your names are written in heaven. In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

For I tell you, many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

And as they went, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her house.

Bid her therefore help me. But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha! Thou art careful and hurried about many things:

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken from her.

As he spake these things, a certain woman lifting up her voice out of the multitude said to him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked!

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

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

take no thought how or what ye shall answer or what ye shall say. For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in that hour, what ye ought to say.

And this ye know, that if the master of the house had known, what hour the thief would have come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broke open.

Therefore be ye also ready; for the Son of man cometh in an hour when ye think not.

The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he expecteth not, and at an hour when he knoweth not, and will cut him in sunder, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

And Jesus seeing her, called her to him, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thy infirmity.

And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together as a bird gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

go and sit down in the lowest place, that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour in the presence of them that sit at table with thee. For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that

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

Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners, to hear him.

And having found it, she calleth her friends and neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.

And calling him, he said to him, Why hear I this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.

Abraham saith 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, neither will they be persuaded tho' one rose from the dead.

Neither shall they say, Lo here, or lo there; for behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

And when they shall say to you, See here; see there: go not, nor follow them.

Yet because this widow giveth me trouble, I will do her justice, left by her continual coming she weary me out.

And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith?

And found not what they might do; for all the people hung upon him to hear him.

But the husbandmen seeing him, reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

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

And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

And the third took her, and in like manner the seven also; and they died and left no children.

For seven had her to wife.

For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

Go ye not after them. And when ye shall hear of wars, and commotions, be not terrified; for these things must be first; but the end is not immediately.

But there shall not an hair of your head 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 sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.

For the things concerning me have an end. And they said, Behold here are two swords. And he said to them, it is enough.

When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

And Peter said, Man, I am not. And about one hour after, another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him, for he is a Galilean.

And it was about the sixth hour; and there was darkness over all the earth till the ninth hour.

He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spake to you being yet in Galilee,

And rising up the same hour, they returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven met together, and them that were with them,

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said to them, Have ye here any meat?