have handed them down to us, I too, most excellent Theophilus, because I have carefully investigated them all from the start, have felt impressed to write them out in order for you

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David,

Then the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, and so your child will be called holy, the Son of God.

And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready His ways,

But you must practice loving your enemies, doing good to them, and lending to them, despairing of nothing; so that your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, for whom he canceled most." Then He said, "You are correct in your judgment."

When he saw Jesus, he screamed and flung himself down before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"