It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?

And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.

And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?

For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;

My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.

To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

For my eyes have seen your salvation,

(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.

And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?

The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.

If then you will give worship to me, it will all be yours.

And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him.

And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet.

You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.

And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side.

But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me.

But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.

And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?

And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.

All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.

May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;

And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?

He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.

No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;

And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.

And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.

But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?

And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;

I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted.

For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.

And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.

But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.

Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.