It seemed good to me also, having accurately traced all things from their first rise, to write unto thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

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

And behold, thou shalt be deaf, and not able to speak, till the day that these things are done, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

and hid herself five months, saying, Thus hath the Lord done to me, in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.

For with God, nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it unto me according to thy word.

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

For lo! when the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

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

(Yea, and a sword shall pierce thro' thy own soul also) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

And he said to them, Why sought ye me? Knew ye not, that I must be about my Father's business?

and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily form, like a dove, upon him, and a voice came from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I delight.

And the devil said to him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them; for it is delivered to me, and I give it to whomsoever I will.

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

he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me, to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy own country.

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

And when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy, who seeing Jesus, 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 authority on earth to forgive sins (he said to the paralytic) I say to thee, Arise, take up thy couch, and go to thine house.

And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and said to him, Follow me.

Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, thou thyself not seeing the beam that is in thine own eye. Thou hypocrite, cast first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

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

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doth them, I will shew you to whom he is like.

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

Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come to thee; but speak in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

For I am a man set under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.

And happy is he, whosoever shall not be offended at me.

This is he of 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 no water for my feet: but she hath watered my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

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

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

No man having lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.

And he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren are these who hear the word of God and keep it.

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

And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

And Jesus said, Some one hath touched me; for I know that virtue is gone out of me.

And the day began to decline. And the twelve coming to him said, send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge and find victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

And he said to all, if any man be willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow me.

For who|oever will save his life shall gose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he shall save it:

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

And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son; hear ye him.

And behold a man from the croud, cried aloud saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son; for he is my only child.

and sat him by him, And said to them, whosoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

And he said to another, Follow me.

But he said, Lord, Suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead, but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but suffer me first to bid them farewell that are in my house.

He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that rejecteth you, rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me, rejecteth him that sent me.

All things are delivered to me of my Father; and no one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father, and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.

But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

who also sitting at the feet of Jesus, heard his discourse. But Martha was incumbered with much serving; and coming to him she said, Lord, dost thou not care, that my sister hath left me to serve alone?

Bid her therefore help me. But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha! Thou art careful and hurried about many things:

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

For a friend of mine on his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him:

And he from within shall answer, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed: I cannot rise and give 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 thro' dry places, seeking rest: and finding none, he saith, I will return to my house whence I came out.

No man having lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.

But I say to you, my friends; Fear not them that kill the body, and after that can do no more:

Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

But he that denieth me before man, shall be denied before the angels of God.

And one out of the croud said to him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

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

For I have no room where to stow my fruits. And he said, This I will do: I will pull down my barns and build greater; and there will I stow all my fruits and my goods.

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

and your lamps burning, And be like men that wait for their Lord, when he will return from the wedding, that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.

But if that servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to beat the men servants and maidens, and to eat, and drink, and be drunken:

Perhaps it may bear fruit: but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.

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

Behold your house is left to you desolate; and verily I say to you, Ye shall not see me, till the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

go and sit down in the lowest place, that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour in the presence of them that sit at table with thee. For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a field, 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 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 to you, that none of those men who were invited, shall taste of my supper.

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

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

So every one of you, who forsaketh not all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.

And coming home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

And having found it, she calleth her friends and neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.

Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.

And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, and I am perishing with hunger?

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

I 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 found.

And he answering said to his father, Lo these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I thy commandment at any time, yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.

And he said to him, Son, thou art always with me, and all that I have is thine.

And the steward said in himself, What shall I do? For my lord taketh away the stewardship from me. I cannot dig, to beg I am ashamed.

I know what to do, that when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

So having called to him every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

And he cried 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 tormented in this flame.

Then he said, I pray thee, therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

And will not rather say to him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Do me justice on mine adversary.

Yet because this widow giveth me trouble, I will do her justice, left by her continual coming she weary me out.

And the publican standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

But Jesus calling them to him, said, Suffer little children to come to me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good?