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

and all the multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of the incense-offering.

And Zacharias said to the angel, "By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in her days."

And, the angel, coming in to her, said, "Hail, highly favored one, the Lord is with you."

And the angel said to her, "Fear not, Mary; for you found favor from God.

And the angel, answering, said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; wherefore also the Holy Thing that is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

And, behold, Elizabeth, your kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren;

And Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; may it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

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

and she lifted up her voice, with a loud cry, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

And happy is she who believed, because there shall be a fulfillment of the things spoken to her from the Lord!"

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

And her neighbors and kindred heard that the Lord was magnifying His mercy together with her; and they rejoiced with her.

And they said to her, "There is no one of your kindred who is called by this name."

And it came to pass, while they were there, that the days were fulfilled for her to give birth;

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.

But Mary was closely keeping all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

And He said to them, "Ye will doubtless say to Me this parable, 'Physician, heal Thyself: whatsoever we heard of as done in Capernaum, do also here in Thy own country.'"

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, standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and, immediately rising up, she was ministering 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, 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;

"But I say to you who hear, love your enemies; do good to those who hate you;

And, as He came near to the gate of the city, behold, also there was being carried out one dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd of the city was with her.

And, seeing her, the Lord was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, "Weep not."

In that hour He cured many of diseases, and plagues, and evil spirits; and to many blind He bestowed sight.

And, answering, He said to them, "Going your way, announce to John what ye saw and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the Gospel proclaimed to them.

And Wisdom was justified by all her children."

and standing behind at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and wiped them off with the hair of her head; and she kept kissing His feet, and anointing them with the perfume.

And, turning to the woman, He said to Simon, "Do you behold this woman! I entered into your house, you gave Me no water for My feet; but this woman wet My feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.

Wherefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; because she loved much; but he, to whom little is forgiven, loves little."

And He said to her, "Your sins have been forgiven."

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 those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root; who, for a season, believe, and in time of temptation 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."

And He, answering, said to them, "My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."

coming up behind, touched the border of His garment, and immediately her flow of blood stopped.

And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you; go in peace."

And, coming into the house, He permitted no one to enter with Him, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father of the maiden, and her mother.

And they were all weeping, and bewailing her; but He said, "Weep not; for she did not die, but is sleeping."

But He, taking her by the hand, called, saying, "Maiden, arise."

And her spirit returned to her, and she rose up instantly; and He commanded that something should be given to her to eat.

And her parents were astonished. But He charged them to tell no one what had taken place.

And Herod said, "John I beheaded; but Who is This concerning Whom I hear such things?" And he was seeking to see Him.

And the day began to decline. And the twelve, coming near, said to Him, "Send away the multitudes; that, going into the villages and country round about, they may lodge and find food; because we are here in a desert place."

And I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will in no wise taste of death, till they see the Kingdom of God."

And it came to pass, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here; and let us make three tents; one for Thee, one for Moses, and one for Elijah;" not knowing what he was saying.

And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My Son, the Chosen; hear ye Him."

And Jesus answering, said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring your son here."

And in the same house abide, eating and drinking the things supplied by them; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

In that same hour He exulted in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank Thee, O Father Lord of Heaven and earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes: yea, Father, because it was well-pleasing in Thy sight.

for I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye are beholding, and did not see them; and to hear what ye are hearing, and heard them not."

Now, as they were going on their way, He entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received Him into her house.

But Martha was being distracted about much serving; and, coming up suddenly, she said, "Lord, carest Thou not that my sister left me to serve alone? Speak to her, therefore, that she assist me!"

But the Lord, answering, said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things;

but of one thing there is need; for Mary chose the good part, which, indeed, shall not be taken away from her."

And it came to pass, as He was saying these things, that a certain woman, out of the multitude, lifting up her voice, said to Him, "Happy the womb that carried Thee, and the breasts which Thou didst suck!"

But He said, "Yea, rather, happy are those who hear the word of God, and keep it!"

"The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, something more than Solomon is here.

"The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, something more than Jonah is here.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say."

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

Be ye also ready; because at an hour ye think not the Son of Man cometh."

the lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him, and in an hour which he knows not, and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

they will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against the mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law."

And Jesus, seeing her, called and said to her, "Woman, you have been loosed from your infirmity."

And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and was glorifying God.

But the synagogue-ruler, answering, (being much displeased that Jesus healed her on the sabbath), said to the multitude, "There are six days in which it behooves us to work; in these, therefore, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath day."

In that very hour, there came certain Pharisees, saying to Him, "Go out, and journey hence; because Herod is wishing to kill Thee."

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those sent to her; how often I wished to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is abandoned to you!

But, when you are invited, going, sit in the lowest place, that, when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher;' then you will have glory in the presence of all who are reclining at table with you;

And he sent forth his servant, at the hour of the supper, to say to those invited, 'Come; because all things are now ready.'

"And, coming near, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the householder, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city; and bring in here the poor, and maimed, and blind, and lame.'

It is fit neither for the land nor for manure: they throw it without. He that has ears to hear, let him hear!"

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him.

And, having found it, she calls together her female friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me; because I found the piece which I lost!'

But, coming to himself, he said, 'How many hired servants of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I am perishing here with hunger!

And, calling him, he said to him, 'What is this I hear of you? Render the account of your stewardship; for you can be no longer steward.'

"Every one who puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband, commits adultery.

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that, in your lifetime, you received in full your good things, and Lazarus, likewise, evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.

But Abraham says, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'

But he said to him, 'If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rose from the dead.'"

nor will they say, 'Lo, here!' or, 'Lo, there!' for, behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."

And they will say to you, 'Lo, there!' or "Lo, here!' go not away, nor follow after them.

yet, because this widow occasions me trouble, I will avenge her, lest, by her persistent coming, she wear me out.'"

And the Lord said, "Hear what the judge of unrighteousness says.

"But, seeing him, the husbandmen were reasoning one with another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.'

And the scribes and the high priests sought to lay hands on Him in that very hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that He spake the parable against them.

And the second, and the third, took her;

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of them does the woman become? for the seven had her as wife."

for all these, out of their superabundance, cast into the gifts; but she, out of her poverty, cast in all the living that she had."

"As to these things which ye are looking upon, the days will come, in which there will not be left here a stone upon a stone, which will not be thrown down."

And, when ye hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not straight-way."

And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.

"But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that her desolation has drawn near.

And all the people were coming to Him early in the morning, in the temple, to hear Him.

And, when the hour came, He reclined at table, and His apostles with Him.

And they said, "Lord, 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, about one hour having intervened, a certain other was confidently insisting, saying, "Of a truth this one also was with Him; for he also is a Galilaean."