according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord,

And Mary said, 'Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

and spake out with a loud voice, and said, 'Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb;

To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'

and she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'

and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

and he answering saith to them, 'He having two coats -- let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals -- in like manner let him do.'

And when he left off speaking, he said unto Simon, 'Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;'

and Simon answering said to him, 'Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but at thy saying I will let down the net.'

and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus,

And he spake a simile to them, 'Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

wherefore not even myself thought I worthy to come unto thee, but say in a word, and my lad shall be healed;

And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, 'He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put it; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put it, that those coming in may see the light,

and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, 'What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, 'Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'

And he said unto all, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put it in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.

take heed, then, lest the light that is in thee be darkness;

if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

'Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

and he laid on her his hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God.

Then the Lord answered him and said, 'Hypocrite, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and having led away, doth water it?

and they were silent, and having taken hold of him, he healed him, and let him go;

lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

neither for land nor for manure is it fit -- they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

'And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,

'Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;

and one of them having seen that he was healed did turn back, with a loud voice glorifying God,

in like manner also, as it came to pass 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 Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.

in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

remember the wife of Lot.

He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, 'Let it not be!'

And he said, 'See -- ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying -- I am he, and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them;

then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; and those in her midst, let them depart out; and those in the countries, let them not come in to her;

and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

but ye are not so, but he who is greater among you -- let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

Then said he to them, 'But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take it up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest. And Peter was following afar off,

and a certain maid having seen him sitting at the light, and having earnestly looked at him, she said, 'And this one was with him!'

And when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led him up to their own sanhedrim,

And having risen, the whole multitude of them did lead him to Pilate,

And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,

And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear it behind Jesus.

And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers also were sneering with them, saying, 'Others he saved, let him save himself, if this be the Christ, the choice one of God.'

and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, 'Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.

and having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn out, where no one was yet laid.

And he led them forth without -- unto Bethany, and having lifted up his hands he did bless them,