(according to the custom of the priesthood he was chosen by lot to offer incense), having gone into the temple of the Lord;

And it came to pass when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant in her womb leaped; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; and she spoke with a loud voice and said;

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

And it came to pass, when the angels departed from them into heaven, indeed, the shepherds said to one another; Now let us go unto Bethlehem and see this word which has taken place, which the Lord made known to us.

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

But truly the ax is laid to the root of the trees; Therefore every tree not producing good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

And responding he says to them, Let the one having two coats, give to him having none, and let the one having food do likewise.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, tempted by the devil forty days.

And he led Him into Jerusalem, and placed Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down from thence;

saying, Let me alone; what is there to us and to thee, O Jesus the Nazarene? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And the sun having gone down, all so many as had people afflicted with various diseases continued to lead them to Him; and He having put His hands on each one of them, healed them.

And having come into one of the ships, which belonged to Simon, He asked him to lead out a little from the land, and sitting down He was teaching the multitudes from the ship.

When He ceased speaking He said to Simon, Lead out into the deep, and spread your nets for a draught.

And not having found by what way they may bring him in on account of the crowd, going upon the house, they let him down through the tiles along with the bed in their midst in the presence of Jesus.

He also spoke a parable to them; Let no one put a piece of new cloth on an old garment; lest the new shall tear it, and the piece from the new will not fit the old.

And He spoke a parable unto them, Whether is the blind able to lead the blind? will they not both fall into the ditch?

He is like unto a man building a house, who dug and went down deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock: and there being a flood, the river broke against that house, and it was not able to shake it; for it was founded on the rock.

And other fell into good ground, and springing up, produced fruit, a hundredfold. Speaking these things, He cried out, Let the one having ears to hear, hear.

But no one having lighted a candle covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but he places it on a candlestick, in order that those coming in may see the light.

For there is nothing hidden which shall not be made manifest; neither is there any thing concealed, which may not be made known and come into the light.

And it came to pass on one of the days, He and His disciples went into a ship. And He said to them, Let us go to the other side of the lake. And they were embarked.

And seeing Jesus, and crying out, he worshiped Him, and said with a loud voice; What is there to me and to thee, O Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I pray thee torment me not.

And He spoke to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

It came to pass when they departed from Him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah: not knowing what he says.

And Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead; but thou having gone away proclaim the kingdom of God.

And He said to them, When you pray, say, Our Father, let thy name be hallowed: let thy kingdom come:

and forgive us our sins; for we also do forgive every one owing us: and lead us not into temptation.

No one, having lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, nor under a bushel, but on a candlestick, in order that those coming in may see the light.

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye may be clear, truly thy whole body is lighted; but when it may be had, truly thy body is dark.

See then that the light which is in thee is not darkness.

If then thy whole body is lighted, having no part dark, all will be lighted, as when a lamp may light thee with its brightness.

Therefore so many things as you spoke in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and whatsoever you spoke in the ear in the secret chambers shall be proclaimed upon the houses.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

Let your loins be girted, and your lamps burning;

And responding he says to him, Lord, let it alone also this year, until I shall dig about it, and cast manures:

And the servant coming, announced these things to his lord. Then the land-lord being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and lead in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.

Lest he having laid the foundation, and being unable to complete it, all who see it may begin to mock him,

It is neither good for the land nor for excrement: they cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Or what woman having ten drachmae, if she may lose one drachma, does she not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she may find it?

and bring hither the fatted calf, slay him, and eating, let us be merry:

And the lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he acted shrewdly: because the sons of this age are wiser in their generation than the sons of the light.

But a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, was laid at his gate, full of sores,

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

and one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned, with a loud voice glorifying God,

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

and on the day on which Lot went out from Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

In that day, let not him who is on the house, and his goods in the house, come down to take them: and likewise let not him who is in the field turn back.

Remember Lot's wife.

And Jesus standing, commanded him to be led to Him; and he drawing nigh, He asked him,

And the other one came, saying, Lord, behold, thy pound, which I had laid away in a napkin:

for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou hadst not laid down, and thou reapest that which thou hast not sown.

And he says to him, Out of thine own mouth I will judge thee, thou wicked servant. Didst thou know that I am an austere man, taking up what I have not laid down, and reaping what I have not sown?

saying, Go into the village over against you; in which entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one of men ever sat: loosing, lead him hither.

And they led him to Jesus: and casting their garments on the colt, they mounted Jesus on them.

And He already drawing nigh to the descension of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God with a loud voice for all those miracles which they saw; shouting,

And the husbandmen, seeing him, reasoned among themselves saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, in order that the inheritance may be ours.

He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And hearing, they said, Let it not be so.

And before all of these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you into their synagogues and prisons, led before kings and governors on account of my name.

Then let those in Judea fly to the mountains; and let those in the midst of it depart out; and let not those in the country come into it.

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles may be fulfilled.

But you are not thus: but let the greater among you be as the younger; and the leader as the waiter.

And He said to them; But now, let the one having a purse, take it, likewise also valise: and let the one having no sword, sell his cloak and buy one.

saying, Father, if this cup is willing to pass from me; moreover let not my will, but thine be done.

And taking Him, they led Him away, and led Him into the house of the chief priest. And Peter followed Him a long way off.

And when it was day, the eldership of the people was convened, and the chief priests and scribes, and they led Him into their sanhedrim.

And all the multitude of them rising up, lead Him to Pilate.

And two malefactors were also led away with Him, to be executed.

The people stood looking: and the rulers were even mocking with themselves, saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself, if He is the Christ, the elect of God.

And calling with a loud voice, Jesus said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, He expired.

And having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and placed it in a hewn sepulcher, where no one ever was laid.

And He led them out even unto Bethany; and having lifted up His hands, He blessed them.