according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense, when he went into the temple of the Lord.

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

And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke with a loud voice, and said: Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

And all that heard them, laid them up in their hearts, and said: What, then, will this child be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, by guiding our feet in the way of peace.

and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swathing-clothes, and laid him in the stable, because there was no place for them in the inn.

And it came to pass, that, after the angels had gone away into heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us now go to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.

Now, Lord, thou dost let thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word,

a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

He answered and said to them: He that has two coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

And there was in the synagogue a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice,

saying: Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Nazarene? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And when the sun had gone down, all that had any sick with various diseases, brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and cured them.

And when he had made an end of speaking, he said to Simon: Push out into the deep water, and let down your nets for a draught.

And Simon answered and said to him: Master, we have toiled all night and have caught nothing; but at thy command, I will let down the net.

And finding no way by which they could bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up on the top of the house, and, through the tiling, let him down, with his bed, into the midst before Jesus.

And he spoke a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Will not both fall into the pit?

Or, how can you say to your brother: Brother, let me pull out the splinter that is in your eye, when you yourself see not the beam that is in your own eye? Hypocrite, first pull the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the splinter that is in your brother's eye.

He is like a man that, when building a house, digged deep, and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the torrent dashed against that house, and it was not able to shake it, for it was founded on the rock.

And other seed fell into good ground, and sprung up, and produced fruit a hundred-fold. When he had said these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

No one when he has lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a divan, but sets it on a lamp-stand, that they who come in may see the light.

And it came to pass, on a certain day, that he entered a ship with his disciples; and he said to them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they set sail.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice: "What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not.

And he said to them all: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and fol low me.

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

Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.

Jesus said: Let the dead bury their own dead; but do you go and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

No one, when he has lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, nor under the measure, but upon the lamp-stand, that those who come in may see the light.

The lamp of the body is the eye; when, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body also is light; but if it be diseased, your body also is dark.

Take heed, therefore, lest the light that is in you be darkness.

If, therefore, your whole body is light, having no part dark, the whole shall be light, as when a lamp, by its brightness, gives you light.

Wherefore, what you have spoken in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

and I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.

Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning;

But he answered and said to him, Sir, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and throw in manure;

And he laid his hands on her; and she immediately stood erect, and glorified God.

Hypocrites, does not each one of you, on the sabbath, loose his ox or his ass from the stable, and lead him away, and give him water?

But they were silent. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

Lest, when he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all that see it begin to deride him,

It is fit neither for earth, nor for manure; but they cast it out. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

Or, what woman that has ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search carefully till she find it?

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he acted prudently. For the children of this age are more prudent toward their generation than the children of light.

And there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores:

Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

Bat, one of them, seeing that he was restored to health, turned back, and, with a loud voice, glorified God.

In like manner also, as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

but in the day in which Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

In that day, let not him that is on the house-top, and whose goods are in the house, come down to take them away. Likewise, he that is in the field, let him not turn back.

Remember Lot's wife.

And Jesus called them to him, and said: Let the little children come to me, and hinder them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

And another came and said: Lord, behold your pound, which I have kept laid away in a napkin.

And when he was now near the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God, with a loud voice, for all the mighty deeds which they had seen,

And he began to speak this parable to the people: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and was absent from home for a long time.

But when the vine-dressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let those who are in the midst of it, withdraw from it. Let those who are in the count try, not come within it.

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive among all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

But you shall not be so; but let the greatest among you be as the younger, and him that is chief, as he that serves.

Then he said to them: But now, he that has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a bag; and he that has no sword, let him sell his mantle and buy one.

And Jesus answered and said: Let this matter proceed thus far. And he touched his ear and healed him.

And they took him, and led him away, and brought him into the house of the chief priest. But Peter followed at a distance.

And when it was day, the elders of the people, the chief priests also and scribes, met together, and led him up to the Sanhedrin, and said:

and if I also ask you a question, you will not answer me, nor let me go.

And the whole number of them arose, and led him away to Pilate.

But they were urgent with loud voices, demanding that he should be crucified. And their voices, and those of the chief priests, prevailed.

And as they led him away, they laid hold of Simon, a certain Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might carry it after Jesus.

And two others, who were evil-doers, were led out to be put to death with him.

And the people stood and looked on. And the rulers, with them scoffed at him, saying: He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ, the chosen of God.

And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.

And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that had been hewed in rock, in which no one had yet been laid.

And the women that had come with him from Galilee followed after and saw the sepulcher, and how his body was laid.

And he led them out as far as Bethany; and he lifted up his hands and blessed them.