Inasmuch as a number of writers have essayed to draw up a narrative of the established facts in our religion

he has raised up a strong saviour for us in the house of his servant David

and as Joseph belonged to the house and family of David he went up from Galilee to Judaea, from the town of Nazaret to David's town called Bethlehem,

she gave birth to her firstborn son, and as there was no room for them inside the khan she wrapped him up and laid him in a stall for cattle.

And here is a proof for you: you will find a baby wrapped up and lying in a stall for cattle."

and as for Mary, she treasured it all up and mused upon it.

When the days for their purification in terms of the Mosaic law had elapsed, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

Now at that very hour she came up, and she offered praise to God and spoke of him to all who were on the outlook for the redemption of Jerusalem.

and when he was twelve years old they went up as usual to the festival.

Then he went down along with them to Nazaret, and did as they told him. His mother treasured up everything in her heart.

Every valley shall be filled up, every hill and mound laid low, the crooked made straight, the rough roads smooth;

Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

crowned all by shutting John up in prison.

Then he lifted Jesus up and showed him all the realms of the universe in a single instant;

Then he came to Nazaret, where he had been brought up, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue as was his custom. He stood up to read the lesson

Then, folding up the book, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him,

they rose up, put him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, in order to hurl him down.

When he got up to leave the synagogue he went to the house of Simon. Simon's mother-in-law was laid up with a severe attack of fever, so they asked him about her;

he stood over her and checked the fever, and it left her. Then she instantly got up and ministered to them.

Some men came up carrying a man who was paralysed; they tried to carry him inside and lay him in front of Jesus,

Instantly he got up before them, lifted what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh.

Woe to you who have your fill to-day! you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh to-day! you will wail and weep.

Why call me, 'Lord, Lord!' and obey me not?

And when the Lord saw her, he felt pity for her and said to her, "Do not weep."

Then the corpse sat up and began to speak; and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, 'We piped to you and you would not dance, we lamented and you would not weep.'

"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the road and was trampled down, and the wild birds ate it up;

some other seed dropped on the rock, but it withered away when it sprang up because it had no moisture;

some other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up along with it and choked it;

some other seed fell on sound soil, and springing up bore a crop, a hundredfold." When he said this he called out, "He who has an ear, let him listen to this."

But he answered, "My mother and brothers are those who listen to the word of God and obey it."

they went and woke him up. "Master, master," they cried, "we are drowning!" So he woke up and checked the wind and the surf; they ceased and there was a calm.

Then he said to them, "Where is your faith?" They marvelled in awe, saying to one another, "Whatever can he be? He gives orders to the very winds and water, and they obey him!"

came up behind him and touched the tassel of his robe. Her hemorrhage instantly ceased.

And her spirit returned, she got up instantly, and he ordered them to give her something to eat.

Now as the day began to decline the twelve came up to him and said, "Send the crowd off to lodge in the villages and farms around and get provisions there, for here we are in a desert place."

Then taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke them in pieces and handed them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

And they all ate and had enough. What they had left over was picked up, twelve baskets full of fragments.

He said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross day after day, and so follow me;

It was about eight days after he said this, when he took Peter, John, and James, and went up the hillside to pray.

Now Peter and his companions had been overpowered with sleep, but on waking up they saw his glory and the two men who were standing beside him.

When they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" (not knowing what he was saying).

'The very dust of your town that clings to us, we wipe off from our feet as a protest. But mark this, the Reign of God is near!'

The seventy came back with joy. "Lord," they said, "the very daemons obey us in your name."

Only, do not rejoice because the spirits obey you: rejoice because your names are enrolled in heaven."

Now a jurist got up to tempt him. "Teacher," he said, "what am I to do to inherit life eternal?"

he went to him, bound his wounds up, pouring oil and wine into them, mounted him on his own steed, took him to an inn, and attended to him.

Now Martha was so busy attending to them that she grew worried; she came up and said, "Lord, is it all one to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Come, tell her to lend me a hand."

And suppose he answers from the inside, 'Don't bother me; the door is locked by this time, and my children are in bed with me. I can't get up and give you anything.'

I tell you, though he will not get up and give you anything because you are a friend of his, he will at least rise and give you whatever you want, because you persist.

but when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he seizes the panoply on which he relied and divides up the spoil.

So if your whole body has light, without any corner of it in darkness, it will be lit up entirely, as when a lamp lights you with its rays."

After he had gone away, the scribes and Pharisees commenced to follow him up closely and cross-question him on many points,

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample stores laid up for many a year; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."'

So fares the man who lays up treasure for himself instead of gaining the riches of God."

So he said to the vinedresser, 'Here have I come for three years in search of fruit on this fig tree without finding any; cut it down, why should it take up space?'

It is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man took and put into his orchard, where it grew up and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches."

once the master of the House has got up and closed the door. You may stand outside and knock at the door, crying, 'Lord, open for us,' but he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'

Just then some Pharisees came up to tell him, "Get away from here, for Herod intends to kill you."

No, when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in he will tell you, 'Move higher up, my friend.' Then you will be honoured before your fellow guests.

the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the roads and hedges and make people come in, to fill up my house.

I will be up and off to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;

So he got up and went off to his father. But when he was still far away his father saw him and felt pity for him and ran to fall upon his neck and kiss him.

and fain to eat up the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. (The very dogs used to come and lick his ulcers.)

The Lord said, "If you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

and lifted up their voice, saying, "Jesus, master, have pity on us."

And he said to him, "Get up and go, your faith has made you well."

"Two men went up to pray in the temple; one was a Pharisee and the other was a taxgatherer.

The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer.

Then he took the twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the predictions of the prophets regarding the Son of man will be fulfilled;

But when Jesus reached the spot he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down at once, for I must stay at your house to-day."

The first came up saying, 'Your five pounds has made other fifty, sir.'

for I was afraid of you, you are such a hard man ??picking up what you never put down, and reaping what you never sowed.'

He replied, 'You rascal of a servant, I will convict you by what you have said yourself. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, picking up what I never put down, and reaping what I never sowed!

With these words he went forward on his way up to Jerusalem.

A time is coming for you when your enemies will throw up ramparts round you and encircle you and besiege you on every side

One day, when he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, up came the priests and scribes along with the elders.

Some of the Sadducees came up, who deny any resurrection, and put a question to him.

Looking up he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

But when these things begin to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your release is not far distant."

Then he took a loaf, and after thanking God he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This means my body given up for your sake; do this in memory of me."

He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not slip into temptation."

But they insisted, "He stirs up the people by teaching all over Judaea. He started from Galilee and now he is here."

but Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me but weep for yourselves and for your children!

The soldiers made fun of him too by coming up and handing him vinegar,

Peter did get up and run to the tomb, but when he looked in he saw nothing except the linen bandages; so he went away home wondering what had happened.

but the high priests and our rulers delivered him up to be sentenced to death and crucified him.

And they said to one another, "Did not our hearts glow within us when he was talking to us on the road, opening up the scriptures for us?"

So they got up and returned that very hour to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven and their friends all gathered,

And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].