And Zacharias said unto the angel, "Whereby shall I know this? Seeing that I am old, and my wife well stricken in years."

And behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak until the time that these things be performed, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season."

"This wise hath God dealt with me, in the days when he looked on me, to take from me the rebuke that I suffered among men."

And Mary said, "Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, be it unto me even as thou hast said." And the angel departed from her.

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

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe sprang in my belly for joy.

And Mary said, "My soul magnifieth the Lord.

And my spirit rejoiceth in God my saviour:

For he hath looked on the poor degree of his handmaiden. Behold, now from henceforth shall all generations call me blessed.

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things, and holy is his name.

And moreover, the sword shall pierce thy soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be opened."

And he said unto them, "How is it that ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must go about my father's business?"

John answered and said to them all, "I baptise you with water, but a stronger than I cometh after me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to unloose: he will baptise you with the holy ghost, and with fire,

and the holy ghost came down in a bodily shape like a dove upon him; And a voice came from heaven, saying, "Thou art my dear son; In thee do I delight."

And the devil said unto him, "All this power will I give thee every whit, and the glory of them: for that is delivered to me, and to whosoever I will I give it:

If thou therefore wilt worship me, they shall be all thine."

Jesus answered him, and said, "Hence from me, Satan. For it is written, 'Thou shalt honour the Lord thy God, and him only serve.'"

"The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;

And he said unto them, "Ye may very well say unto me this proverb. 'Physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do the same here likewise in thine own country.'"

saying, "Let me alone, what hast thou to do with us, thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee what thou art, even the Holy of God."

When Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus' knees saying, "Lord go from me, for I am a sinful man."

And it fortuned as he was in a certain city, behold, there was a man full of leprosy: and when he had spied Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him saying, "Lord if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean."

But that ye may know that the son of man hath power to forgive sins on earth," he said unto the sick of the palsy, "I say to thee, arise, take up thy bed and go home to thy house."

And after that, he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, "Follow me."

Either, how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye: when thou perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beam out of thine own eye first, and then shalt thou see perfectly, to pull out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Why call ye me 'Master, Master': and do not as I bid you?

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doth the same, I will show you to whom he is like.

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

Wherefore I thought not myself worthy to come unto thee: but say the word and my servant shall be whole.

For I likewise am a man under power, and have under me soldiers, and I say unto one, 'Go': and he goeth. And to another, 'Come': and he cometh. And to my servant, 'Do this': and he doeth it."

and happy is he that is not offended by me."

This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, to prepare thy way before thee.'

When they had nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them tell me, will love him most?"

And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, "Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, and thou gavest me no water to my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

Mine head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.

No man lighteth a candle, and covereth it under a vessel, neither putteth it under the table: but setteth it on a candlestick, that they that enter in, may see the light.

He answered, and said unto them, "My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it."

When he saw Jesus, he cried, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What have I to do with thee Jesus the son of the God most highest? I beseech thee torment me not."

And Jesus said, "Who is it that touched me?" When every man denied, Peter and they that were with him, said, "Master, the people thrust thee and vex thee: and thou sayest, 'Who touched me?'"

And Jesus said, "Somebody touched me. For I perceive that virtue is gone out of me."

And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, "Send the people away, that they may go into the towns, and villages roundabout, and lodge, and get meat, for we are here in a place of wilderness."

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

Whosoever will save his life, shall lose it. And whosoever shall lose his life, for my sake, the same shall save it.

For whosoever is ashamed of me, and of my sayings: of him shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and in the glory of his father, and of the holy angels.

And there came a voice out of the cloud saying, "This is my dear son, hear him."

And behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, "Master, I beseech thee behold my son, for he is all that I have:

and said unto them, "Whosoever receiveth this child in my name, receiveth me. And whosoever receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, the same shall be great."

And he said unto another, "Follow me." And the same said, "Lord suffer me first to go and bury my father."

And another said, "I will follow thee Lord: But let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house."

He that heareth you, heareth me: And he that despiseth you, despiseth me. And he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me."

All things are given me of my father. And no man knoweth who the son is, but the father: neither who the father is, save the son, and he to whom the son will show him."

He, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, "Who is then my neighbor?"

And Martha was cumbered about much serving, and stood and said, "Master, dost thou not care, that my sister hath left me to minister alone? Bid her therefore, that she help me."

And he said unto them, "If any of you should have a friend, and should go to him at midnight, and say unto him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;

for a friend of mine is come out of the way to me, and I have nothing to set before him':

And he within should answer and say, 'Trouble me not, now is the door shut, and my servants are with me in the chamber, I cannot rise and give them to thee.'

"He that is not with me is against me. And he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through waterless places seeking rest. And when he findeth none, he sayeth, I will return again unto my house whence I came out.

"No man lighteth a candle, and putteth it in a privy place, neither under a bushel: But on a candlestick, that they that come in, may see the light.

That the blood of all prophets, which was shed from the beginning of the world, may be required of this generation,

I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

I say unto you, Whosoever confesseth me before men, even him shall the son of man confess also before the angels of God.

And he that denieth me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.

One of the company said unto him, "Master, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me."

And he said unto him, "Man, who made me a judge, or a divider over you?"

and he thought in himself saying, 'What shall I do? Because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.'

And he said, 'This will I do. I will destroy my barns, and build greater: and therein will I gather all my fruits, and my goods:

and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.'

and ye yourselves, like unto men that wait for their master when he will return from a wedding: that as soon as he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him.

But and if the evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My master will defer his coming,' and shall begin to smite the servants, and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken:

I am come to send fire on earth: and what is my desire but that it were already kindled?

And he shall say, 'I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.'

Behold, your habitation shall be left unto you desolate. For I tell you, Ye shall not see me until the time come that ye shall say, 'Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.'"

But rather, when thou art bidden, go and sit in the lowest room, that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, 'Friend, sit up higher.' Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

And they all at once began to make excuse. The first said unto him, 'I have bought a farm, and I must needs go and see it, I pray thee have me excused.'

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

And the Lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper.'"

"If a man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, moreover and his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

And whosoever bear not his cross, and come after me cannot be my disciple.

So likewise, none of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, can be my disciple.

And as soon as he cometh home he calleth together his lovers, and neighbours saying unto them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'

And when she hath found it she calleth her lovers, and her neighbours saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the groat which I had lost.'

and the younger of them said to his father, father, give me my part of the goods that to me belongeth. And he divided unto them his substance.

Then he came to himself and said, 'How many hired servants at my father's have bread enough, and I die for hunger.

I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee,

and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.'

for this my son was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is now found.' And they began to be merry.

He answered, and said to his father, 'Lo these many years have I done thee service, neither brake at any time thy commandment, and yet gavest thou me never so much as a kid to make merry with my lovers:

And he said unto him, 'Son, thou wast ever with me, and all that I have is thine:

And he called him, and said unto him, 'How is it, that I hear this of thee? Give accounts of thy stewardship. For thou mayest be no longer my steward.'

The steward said within himself, 'What shall I do? For my master will take away from me the stewardship. I cannot dig, and to beg, I am ashamed.

I know what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.'

Then called he all his master's debtors, and said unto the first, 'How much owest thou unto my master?'

And I say also unto you, Make you friends of the wicked mammon, that when ye shall have need they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

And he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.'

Beyond all this, between you and us there is a great space set, so that they which would go from hence to you, cannot: neither may come from thence to us.'

Then he said, 'I pray thee therefore father, send him to my father's house.

And though he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee saying, It repenteth me, forgive him."