to let you know the solid truth of what you have been taught.

it fell to him by lot, as was the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense,

Mary said, "I am here to serve the Lord. Let it be as you have said." Then the angel went away.

she called out with a loud cry, "Blessed among women are you, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

she gave birth to her firstborn son, and as there was no room for them inside the khan she wrapped him up and laid him in a stall for cattle.

Now when the angels had left them and gone away to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us be off to Bethlehem to see this thing that the Lord has told us of."

"Now, Master, thou canst let thy servant go, and go in peace, as thou didst promise;

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

Every valley shall be filled up, every hill and mound laid low, the crooked made straight, the rough roads smooth;

He replied, "Let everyone who possesses two shirts share with him who has none, and let him who has food do likewise."

and for forty days he was led by the Spirit in the desert, while the devil tempted him. During these days he ate nothing, and when they were over he felt hungry.

When he got up to leave the synagogue he went to the house of Simon. Simon's mother-in-law was laid up with a severe attack of fever, so they asked him about her;

At sunset all who had any people ill with any sort of disease brought them to him; he laid his hands on everyone and healed them.

From many people daemons were also driven out, clamouring aloud, "You are God's son!" But he checked them and refused to let them say anything, as they knew he was the Christ.

but when they could not find any means of getting him in, on account of the crowd, they climbed to the top of the house and let him down through the tiles, mattress and all among the people in front of Jesus.

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralysed man, "Rise, I tell you, lift your mattress and go home."

He also told them a parabolic word: "Can one blind man lead another? will they not both fall into a pit?

How dare you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,' and you never notice the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite! take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see properly to take out the splinter in your brother's eye.

He is like a man engaged in building a house, who dug deep down and laid his foundation on the rock; when a flood came, the river dashed against that house but could not shake it, for it had been well built.

and so I did not consider myself fit even to come to you. Just say the word, and let my servant be cured.

some other seed fell on sound soil, and springing up bore a crop, a hundredfold." When he said this he called out, "He who has an ear, let him listen to this."

No one lights a lamp and hides it under a vessel or puts it below the bed: he puts it on a stand so that those who come in can see the light.

It happened on one of these days that he embarked in a boat alone with his disciples and said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So they set sail.

On catching sight of Jesus he shrieked aloud and prayed him with a loud cry, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? Do not torture me, I beg of you."

He said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross day after day, and so follow me;

When they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" (not knowing what he was saying).

"Let these words sink into your ears: 'the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men.'"

He said to another man, "Follow me"; but he said, "Let me go and bury my father first of all."

Another man also said to him, "I will follow you, Lord. But let me first say good-bye to my people at home."

and forgive us our sins for we do forgive everyone who has offended us; and lead us not into temptation."

And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, let me have three loaves;

No one lights a lamp to put it in a cellar or under a bowl, but on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.

Your eye is the lamp of the body: when your eye is sound, then the whole of your body has light, but if your eye is diseased, then your body is darkened.

(Look! perhaps your very light is dark.)

So if your whole body has light, without any corner of it in darkness, it will be lit up entirely, as when a lamp lights you with its rays."

He said, "And woe to you jurists! you load men with irksome burdens, and you will not put a single finger to their burdens.

So all you utter in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you whisper in chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops,

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample stores laid up for many a year; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."'

Keep your loins girt and your lamps lit,

He laid his hands on her, and instantly she became erect and glorified God.

The Lord replied to him, "You hypocrites, does not each of you untether his ox or ass from the stall on the sabbath and lead it away to drink?

For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? ??29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him,

It is no use for either soil or dunghill, it is flung out. He who has an ear let him listen to this."

Or again, suppose a woman has ten shillings. If she loses one of them, does she not light a lamp and scour the house and search carefully till she finds it?

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

but he replied, 'Look at all the years I have been serving you! I have never neglected any of your orders, and yet you have never given me so much as a kid, to let me make merry with my friends.

Well, the master praised the dishonest factor for looking ahead; for the children of this world look further ahead in dealing with their own generation than the children of Light.

for I have five brothers; let him bear testimony to them, that they may not come to this place of torture as well.'

Now one of them turned back when he saw he was cured, glorifying God with a loud voice;

Or just as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting and building,

but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

(remember Lot's wife).

but Jesus called for the infants. "Let the children come to me," he said, "do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

and as he was now close to the descent from the Hill of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples started joyfully to praise God with a loud voice for all they had seen,

But when the vinedressers saw him, they argued to themselves, 'Here is the heir, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.'

Then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills, let those who are in the city escape, and let not those who are in the country come in to the city;

Jesus said, "Let me do this at least," and cured him by touching his ear.

Then they arrested him and led him away inside the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance

and sat down among some people who had lit a fire in the courtyard and were sitting round it.

Then the whole body of them rose and led him to Pilate.

As they led him off they caught hold of Simon a Cyrenian on his way from the country and laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.

Two criminals were also led out with him to be executed,

The people stood and looked on, and even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

Then with a loud cry Jesus said, "Father, I trust my spirit to thy hands," and with these words he expired.

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them.