Seeing that many have attempted to draw up a narrative of the facts which are received with full assurance among us

Not long after this, Mary rose up and went in haste into the hill country to a town in Judah.

And has raised up a mighty Deliverer for us In the house of David His servant--

So Joseph went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judaea, to David's town of Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

But Mary treasured up all these things, often dwelling on them in her mind.

And when the days for their purification appointed by the Law of Moses had passed, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord--

he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

And coming up just at that moment, she gave thanks to God, and spoke about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem.

Now His parents used to go up year by year to Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover.

And when He was twelve years old they went up as was customary at the time of the Feast, and,

but supposing Him to be in the travelling company, they proceeded a day's journey. Then they searched up and down for Him among their relatives and acquaintances;

Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was always obedient to them; but His mother carefully treasured up all these incidents in her memory.

Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill levelled down, the crooked places shall be turned into straight roads, and the rugged ways into smooth;

Live lives which shall prove your change of heart; and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones.

His winnowing-shovel is in His hand to clear out His threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into His storehouse; but the chaff He will burn up in fire unquenchable."

The Devil next led Him up and caused Him to see at a glance all the kingdoms of the world.

and 'On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest at any moment thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'"

He came to Nazareth also, where He had been brought up; and, as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

And rolling up the book, He returned it to the attendant, and sat down--to speak. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

He, however, saw two fishing-boats drawn up on the beach (for the men had gone away from them and were washing the nets)

But when they could find no way of doing so because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling--bed and all--into the midst, in front of Jesus.

But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" --Turning to the paralytic He said, "I bid you, Rise, take up your bed, and go home."

Instantly he stood up in their presence, took up the mattress on which he had been lying, and went away to his home, giving glory to God.

"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.

"Alas for you who now have plenty to eat, because you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep aloud!

A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

The Lord saw her, was moved with pity for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."

The dead man sat up and began to speak; and He restored him to his mother.

All were awe-struck, and they gave glory to God--some saying, "A Prophet, a great Prophet, has risen up among us." Others said, "God has not forgotten His People."

"The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up.

Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.

Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and grows up and yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking, He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"

"My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear God's Message and obey it."

"Where is your faith?" He asked them. But they were filled with terror and amazement, and said to one another, "Who then is this? for He gives orders both to wind and waves, and they obey Him."

And her spirit returned, and instantly she stood up; and He directed them to give her some food.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.

So they ate and were fully satisfied, all of them; and what they had remaining over was gathered up, twelve baskets of fragments.

And He said to all, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross day by day, and so be my follower.

It was about eight days after this that Jesus, taking with Him Peter, John, and James, went up the mountain to pray.

And when they were preparing to depart from Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what he was saying.

Now when the time drew near for Him to be received up again into Heaven, He proceeded with fixed purpose towards Jerusalem, and sent messengers before Him.

"'The very dust of your town that hangs about us we wipe off as a protest. Only be sure of this, that the Kingdom of God is close at hand.'

Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. "Rabbi," he asked, "what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

He went to him, and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. Then placing him on his own mule he brought him to an inn, where he bestowed every care on him.

"And he from indoors shall answer, "'Do not pester me. The door is now barred, and I am here in bed with my children. I cannot get up and give you bread.'

There will stand up men of Nineveh at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and mark! One greater than Jonah is here.

The lamp of the body is the eye. When your eyesight is good, your whole body also is lighted up; but when it is defective, your body is darkened.

There is nothing that is covered up which will not be uncovered, nor hidden which will not become known.

"And he said to himself, "'This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;

and I will say to my life, "'Life, you have ample possessions laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.'

And that servant who has been told his Master's will and yet made no preparation and did not obey His will, will receive many lashes.

But I have a baptism to undergo; and how am I pent up till it is accomplished!

On the contrary, when you are invited go and take the lowest place, that when your host comes round he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' This will be doing you honour in the presence of all the other guests.

but now that this son of yours is come who has eaten up your property among his bad women, you have killed the fat calf for him.'

"If your faith," replied the Lord, "is like a mustard seed, you might command this black-mulberry-tree, 'Tear up your roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and instantly it would obey you.

Men were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving wives, up to the very day on which Noah entered the Ark, and the Deluge came and destroyed them all.

"Two men went up to the Temple to pray," He said; "one being a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.

Then Peter said, "See, we have given up our homes and have followed you."

Then He drew the Twelve to Him and said, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the Prophets which refers to the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

For He will be given up to the Gentiles, and be mocked, outraged and spit upon.

So he ran on in front and climbed up a mulberry tree to see Him; for He was about to pass that way.

As soon as Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for I must stay at your house to-day."

Zacchaeus however stood up, and addressing the Lord said, "Here and now, Master, I give half my property to the poor, and if I have unjustly exacted money from any man, I pledge myself to repay to him four times the amount."

"The next came. "'Sir,' he said, 'here is your pound, which I have kept wrapt up in a cloth.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'

"'By your own words,' he replied, 'I will judge you, you bad servant. You knew me to be a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow:

After thus speaking, He journeyed onward, proceeding up to Jerusalem.

saying to them, "Go into the village facing you. On entering it you will find an ass's foal tied up which no one has ever yet ridden: untie it, and bring it here.

For the time is coming upon thee when thy foes will throw up around thee earthworks and a wall, investing thee and hemming thee in on every side.

"Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."

Looking up He saw the people throwing their gifts into the Treasury--the rich people.

"But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.

"Make up your minds, however, not to prepare a defence beforehand,

But when all this is beginning to take place, grieve no longer. Lift up your heads, because your deliverance is drawing near."

He went and conferred with the High Priests and Commanders as to how he should deliver Him up to them.

"Why are you sleeping?" He said; "stand up; and pray that you may not come into temptation."

While He was still speaking there came a crowd with Judas, already mentioned as one of the Twelve, at their head. He went up to Jesus to kiss Him.

But they violently insisted. "He stirs up the people," they said, "throughout all Judaea with His teaching--even from Galilee (where He first started)

The man who was lying in prison charged with riot and murder and for whom they clamoured he set free, but Jesus he gave up to be dealt with as they desired.

But Jesus turned towards them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

and Jesus cried out in a loud voice, and said, "Father, to Thy hands I entrust my spirit." And after uttering these words He yielded up His spirit.

and how our High Priests and Rulers delivered Him up to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him.

And He brought them out to within view of Bethany, and then lifted up His hands and blessed them.

And while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into Heaven.