it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus,

that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you have been taught.

And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in years.

And behold you shall be silent, and not able to speak, till the day these things are accomplished; because you have not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time.

Thus has the Lord dealt with me, in the days in which he looked upon me to take away my reproach among men.

And Mary said, Behold, I am the servant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.

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

For, behold, when the voice of your salutation came to my ears, the babe leaped in my womb with exultation.

And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,

and my spirit exults in God my Saviour;

for he has looked on the low condition of his servant; for, behold, from this time all generations shall call me blessed,

because the mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name;

for my eyes have seen thy salvation,

and a sword shall pierce your own soul also, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

And he said to them, Why did you seek me? did you not know that I must be in [the courts] of my father?

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.

And the devil said to him, All this power will I give you, and the glory of these; for it is given to me, and I give it to whom I will.

If you, therefore, will worship me, it all shall be yours.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the oppressed away free,

And he said to them, You will undoubtedly tell me this proverb; Physician, cure yourself; things which we heard were done in Capernaum, do also here in your own country.

And Simon Peter seeing it fell on his knees to Jesus, saying, Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.

And he was in one of the cities, and behold, a man full of leprosy; and seeing Jesus he fell on his face, and asked him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me.

But that you may know that the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic, I tell you, arise, and take up your little bed, and go to your house.

And after these things he went out and saw a publican by the name of Levi, sitting at the custom house, and said to him, Follow me.

How can you say to your brother, Brother, let me cast out the speck in your eye, and you yourself see not the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the speck from your brother's eye.

And why do you call me Lord! Lord! and do not what I say?

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

And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying, Lord, trouble not yourself, for I am not fit that you should come under my roof.

Wherefore I did not think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant shall be cured;

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

and blessed is he who shall not be offended with me.

This is he of whom it is written; Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

And having nothing to pay, he gave [the debt] to both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most?

And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I came into your house; you gave me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hairs.

You gave me no kiss; but she, from the time that I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

You anointed not my head with oil; but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

And he said, It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

those by the way are those who hear, then comes the devil and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved;

But no one lights a candle and covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it in a candlestick, that those coming in may see the light.

And he answered and said to them, My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and perform it.

And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and worshipped him, and said with a loud voice, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I beg of you not to torment me;

And Jesus said, Who touched me? And all denying, Peter and those with him said, Master, the multitudes press upon and throng you, and do you say, Who touched me?

And Jesus said, Some one touched me; for I perceived a power going from me.

And the day began to decline; and the twelve came and said to him, Dismiss the multitude, that they may go to the villages and farms around, and lodge, and find provisions; for we are here in a solitary place.

And he said to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For whoever wishes to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall save it.

For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and that of the Father, and of the holy angels.

And there was a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my chosen Son; hear him.

And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I desire you to look upon my son, for he is my only child;

and said to them, Whoever receives this little child in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, he shall be the greatest.

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

And another also said, Lord, I will follow you, but permit me first to bid farewell to those in my house.

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

And turning to his disciples, he said, All things are 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 will reveal him.

But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and came and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her, therefore, to help me.

And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight, and say, Friend, lend me three loaves,

for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;

and he will answer from within, and say, Trouble me not, for the door is already shut, and my little children are with me in bed, I cannot arise and give you;

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

When an impure spirit has gone out of a man, it passes through places destitute of water, seeking a rest; and not finding one, says, I will return to my house from which I came out.

No one lights a candle and puts it in a secret place, or under a modius [1.916 gallon measure], but on a candlestick, that all who go in may see the light.

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

And I tell you, my friends, fear not those that kill the body, and after this have [power] to do nothing more.

And I tell you, that whoever shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man confess before the angels of God;

but he that has denied me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.

And one of the multitude said to him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the inheritance.

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

and he reasoned in himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have no place where I shall bring together my fruits?

And he said, I will do this; I will take down my storehouses and build greater; and there will I bring together all my produce and my goods;

and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years rest, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.

and be like men waiting for the coming of their lord, when he shall return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.

But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begins to beat the younger servants, and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

and he will say to you, I know not whence you are; depart from me, all doers of wickedness.

And he said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and finish [performing] cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall finish my course.

Behold, your house is left to you. And I tell you, that you shall not see me, till [the day] shall come when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

But when you are invited, go and sit down in the last place, that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher; then you shall have honor in the presence of those that recline with you;

And they all with one consent excused themselves. The first said to him, I have bought a field and I must go to see it; I pray you have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yokes of oxen and I go to try them; I pray you have me excused.

And the Lord said to the servant, Go out into the ways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled;

for I tell you that none of those men that were invited shall taste of my supper.

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and still more his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

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

So, therefore, no one of you can be my disciple who does not forsake all that he has.

and coming to the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying, Congratulate me; for I have found my sheep that was lost.

And when she finds it, she calls her female friends and neighbors together, saying, Congratulate me, for I have found the drachma which I lost.

And the youngest of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the estate that falls to me; and he divided to them his living.

And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father abound in bread, but I perish here with hunger!

I will arise and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned to Heaven, and before you;

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

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice.

And he answered and said to his father, Behold, l have served you so many years, and have never disobeyed your command; and you have never given me a kid, that I might rejoice with my friends;

But he said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all mine is yours.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

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

And calling each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord?

And I tell you, Make yourselves friends of the riches procured by injustice, that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

And he called and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in pain in this flame.

And he said, I beseech you then, father, send him to my father's house,

for I have five brothers, to testify fully to them, that they may not also come to this place of torment