And when he was performing the priest's office in the order of his class before God, it fell to his lot,

And Mary said, Behold, I am the servant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.

and cried with a loud voice, and said, Blessed are you among women! and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

And all who heard laid them to heart, saying, What then is this child to be? For the hand of the Lord was also with him.

and she bore her first-born son, and wrapped him in bandages, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the khan.

And when the angels had departed from them to heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us go now to Bethlehem, and see this thing which has occurred, which the Lord has made known to us.

a light for enlightening Gentiles, and a glory of thy people Israel.

And he answered and said to them, Let him that has two coats give to him that has none; and let him that has food do the same.

AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

and they arose and cast him out of the city, and led him even to the brow of the mountain on which the city was built, to precipitate him down.

And there was a man in the synagogue having a spirit of an impure demon; and he cried with a loud voice,

And when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into the deep water, and let down your nets for a draught.

And Simon answered and said to him, Master, we have labored all night and taken nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.

And not finding how they could bring him in, on account of the multitude, they went up on the house, and let him down through the tiles, with his little bed, into the midst before Jesus.

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

How can you say to your brother, Brother, let me cast out the speck in your eye, and you yourself see not the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the speck from your brother's eye.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the stream beat against that house and could not shake it, because it was built on a rock.

and some fell on good ground, and growing up bore fruit a hundred fold. Having said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

But no one lights a candle and covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it in a candlestick, that those coming in may see the light.

For there is nothing hid which shall not be manifest, nor concealed which shall not be known and come to light.

AND on one of those days both he and his disciples went into the ship; and he said to them, Let us cross over to the other side of the lake. And they set sail;

And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and worshipped him, and said with a loud voice, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I beg of you not to torment me;

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

And when they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; not knowing what he said.

But he said to him, Let the dead bury their dead, but do you go and proclaim abroad the kingdom of God.

No one lights a candle and puts it in a secret place, or under a modius [1.916 gallon measure], but on a candlestick, that all who go in may see the light.

The light of the body is the eye; when, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body is light; but when your eye is evil, your whole body is dark.

See, therefore, that the light which is in you be not darkness.

If, therefore, your whole body is light, not having any part dark, the whole will be light, as when a candle lights you clearly.

And he said, Woe to you, lawyers! for you load men with burdens difficult to be borne, and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

Whatever, therefore, you have said in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what you have spoken to the ear in private rooms, shall be proclaimed on the houses.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years rest, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.

And he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I dig about it, and put on manure;

Then the Lord answered him and said, Hypocrites, does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him away to drink?

lest having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all who see ridicule him,

It is not fit for land, nor for manure; they cast it away. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

Or what woman having ten drachmas [140 cents], if she loses one drachma [14 cents], does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till she finds it?

and bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat, and rejoice;

And the lord praised the unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the children of this life are wiser, for their generation, than the children of light.

And a certain poor man by the name of Lazarus was laid at his gate, afflicted with ulcers,

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

And one of them seeing that he was cured, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice,

In like manner also as it was in the days of Lot; they eat, drank, bought, sold, planted, built;

but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all;

In that day let not him that shall be on the house, and his furniture in the house, come down to take it away; and in like manner let not him in the field turn back for things which are behind;

remember Lot's wife.

And the other came, saying, Lord, behold your mina, which I had laid up in a napkin;

for I feared you, because you are an austere man; you take up what you laid not down, and reap what you did not sow.

He said to him, Out of your mouth will I judge you, evil servant. You knew that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow?

And when he was now approaching, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they saw,

And he spoke to the people this parable; A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time.

But seeing him, the husbandmen reasoned with themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and let the vineyard to others. And hearing this, they said, By no means.

Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains; and those in the midst of it depart out of it; and let those in country places not enter into it.

But you shall not be so. But let the greater among you be as the younger, and the chief as he that serves.

Then he said to them, But now let him that has a purse take it, and a provision sack likewise; and he that has not a sword, let him sell his cloak and buy one.

And apprehending him, they led him away, and conducted him to the house of the chief priest; and Peter followed at a distance.

And a certain female servant seeing him sitting by the light, and looking steadily at him, said, This man also was with him.

AND all the multitude arose and led him to Pilate.

And they beset him with loud cries, demanding that he should be crucified; and their cries, and those of the chief priests, prevailed;

AND when they led him away, they took Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the country, and put on him the cross to bear after Jesus.

And two other criminals were led out to be put to death with him.

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed, saying, He saved others; if this is the Christ, the elect of God, let him save himself.

And Jesus crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit; and having said this, he expired.

and taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb cut out of a rock, in which no man had yet been laid.

AND women following him who had come up with him from Galilee saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.

And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, blessed them;