it fell to his lot--according to the custom of the priesthood--to go into the Sanctuary of the Lord and burn the incense;

So Gabriel went into the house and said to her, "Joy be to you, favoured one! the Lord is with you."

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

Dawning on those who now dwell in the darkness and shadow of death--To direct our feet into the path of peace."

John went into all the district about the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of the penitent for the forgiveness of sins;

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;

And even now the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which fails to yield good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire."

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."

now added this to crown all the rest, that he threw John into prison.

But Jesus rebuked the demon. "Silence!" He exclaimed; "come out of him." Upon this, the demon hurled the man into the midst of them, and came out of him without doing him any harm.

And the talk about Him spread into every part of the neighbouring country.

When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Push out into deep water, and let down your nets for a haul."

but Jesus Himself constantly withdrew into the Desert and there prayed.

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.

Nor does any one pour new wine into old wine-skins. Otherwise the new wine would burst the skins, the wine itself would be spilt, and the skins be destroyed.

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

About that time He went out on one occasion into the hill country to pray; and He remained all night in prayer to God.

give, and gifts shall be bestowed on you. Full measure, pressed, shaken down, and running over, shall they pour into your laps; for with the same measure that you use they shall measure to you in return."

He also spoke to them in figurative language. "Can a blind man lead a blind man?" He asked; "would not both fall into the ditch?

After He had finished teaching all these things in the hearing of the people, He went into Capernaum.

When John's messengers were gone, He proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, "What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?

Then turning towards the woman He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house: you gave me no water for my feet; but she has made my feet wet with her tears, and then wiped the tears away with her hair.

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!"

There is nothing hidden, which shall not be openly seen; nor anything secret, which shall not be known and come into the light of day.

For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert.

"What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him;

and they besought Him not to command them to be gone into the Bottomless Pit.

Now there was a great herd of swine there feeding on the hill-side; and the demons begged Him to give them leave to go into them, and He gave them leave.

The demons came out of the man and left him, and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed violently over the cliff into the Lake and were drowned.

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.

But while he was thus speaking, there came a cloud which spread over them; and they were awe-struck when they had entered into the cloud.

"As for you, store these my sayings in your memory; for, before long, the Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men."

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.

And He addressed them thus: "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few: therefore entreat the Owner of the harvest to send out more reapers into His fields. And now go.

Remember that I am sending you out as lambs into the midst of wolves.

"But whatever town you come to and they will not receive you, go out into the broader streets and say,

and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who fails in his duty to us; and bring us not into temptation.'"

I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who after killing has power to throw into Gehenna: yes, I say to you, fear him.

But if God so clothes the vegetation in the fields, that blooms to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more certainly will He clothe you, you men of feeble faith!

Of this be sure, that if the master of the house had known what time the robber was coming, he would have kept awake and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;

It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."

Then He turned to them and said, "Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?"

"So the servant came and brought these answers to his master, and they stirred his anger. "'Go out quickly,' he said, 'into the streets of the city--the wide ones and the narrow. You will see poor men, and crippled, blind, lame: fetch them all in here.'

"'A hundred firkins of oil,' he replied. "'Here is your account,' said the steward: 'sit down quickly and change it into fifty firkins.'

"To a second he said, "'And how much do you owe?' "'A hundred quarters of wheat,' was the answer. "'Here is your account,' said he: 'change it into eighty quarters.'

The Law and the Prophets continued until John came: from that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been spreading, and all classes have been forcing their way into it.

"But in course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and had a funeral.

why then did you not put my money into a bank, that when I came I might have received it back with interest?

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.

When He came into full view of the city, He wept aloud over it, and exclaimed,

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

They will fall by the sword, or be carried off into slavery among all the Gentiles. And Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles, till the appointed times of the Gentiles have expired.

Satan, however, entered into Judas (the man called Iscariot)

"You will no sooner have entered the city," He replied, "than you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house to which he goes,

But when He arrived at the place, He said to them, "Pray that you may not come into temptation."

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

As soon as it was day, the whole body of the Elders, both High Priests and Scribes, assembled. Then He was brought into their Sanhedrin, and they asked Him,

Then the whole multitude burst out into a shout. "Away with this man," they said, "and release Barabbas to us"

when He told you that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again."

Was there not a necessity for the Christ thus to suffer, and then enter into His glory?"

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