it has seemed good to me also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,

And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?

and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.

Thus has the Lord done to me in these days in which he looked upon me to take away my reproach among men.

And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

For behold, as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped with joy in my womb.

And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,

and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy is his name;

(and even a sword shall go through thine own soul;) so that the thoughts may be revealed from many hearts.

And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business?

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.

And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for it is given up to me, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

If therefore thou wilt do homage before me, all of it shall be thine.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered,

And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.

But Simon Peter, seeing it, fell at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.

And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralysed man, I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy little couch and go to thine house.

And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me.

And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? for even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.

or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me, I will cast out the mote that is in thine eye, thyself not seeing the beam that is in thine eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother.

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say?

Every one that comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will shew you to whom he is like.

And Jesus went with them. But already, when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent to him friends, saying to him, Lord, do not trouble thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.

Wherefore neither did I count myself worthy to come to thee. But say by a word and my servant shall be healed.

For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.

This is he concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

And turning to the woman he said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gavest me not water on my feet, but she has washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.

Thou gavest me not a kiss, but she from the time I came in has not ceased kissing my feet.

My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but she has anointed my feet with myrrh.

And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable be?

And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may not believe and be saved.

And no one having lighted a lamp covers it with a vessel or puts it under a couch, but sets it on a lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.

But he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.

But seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee torment me not.

And Jesus said, Who has touched me? But all denying, Peter and those with him said, Master, the crowds close thee in and press upon thee, and sayest thou, Who has touched me?

And Jesus said, Some one has touched me, for I have known that power has gone out from me.

And as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a witness against them.

But the day began to decline, and the twelve came and said to him, Send away the crowd that they may go into the villages around, and into the fields, and lodge and find victuals, for here we are in a desert place.

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

for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he shall save it.

For whosoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels.

and there was a voice out of the cloud saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

And lo, a man from the crowd cried out saying, Teacher, I beseech thee look upon my son, for he is mine only child:

and said to them, Whosoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me, and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For he who is the least among you all, he is great.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father.

And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first allow me to bid adieu to those at my house.

And he said to them, The harvest indeed is great, but the workmen few; supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workmen into his harvest.

And into whatsoever city ye may enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you,

But into whatsoever city ye may have entered and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him.

But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

And on the morrow as he left, taking out two denarii he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shalt expend more, I will render to thee on my coming back.

Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

And he said to them, Who among you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, let me have three loaves,

since a friend of mine on a journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him;

and he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up to give it thee?

He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding any he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.

But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.

that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.

But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;

but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;

And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

But he said to him, Man, who established me as a judge or a divider over you?

And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not a place where I shall lay up my fruits.

And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,

and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

Behold, your house is left unto you; and I say unto you, that ye shall not see me until it come that ye say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.

And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;

for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.

If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;

and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.

and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.

and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.

and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls to me. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.

And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.

I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;

I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:

But he said to him, Child, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for my lord is taking the stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

I know what I will do, that when I shall have been removed from the stewardship I may be received into their houses.