It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

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

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

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

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid 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 lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.

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

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

For my eyes have seen thy salvation,

(And a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

And he said to them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

And the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

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

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

And Jesus answered and said to him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

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 preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering 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: whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

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

And it came to pass, 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 power upon earth to forgive sins, He said to the sick with the palsy, I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thy house.

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

Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thy eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thy own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy 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?

Whoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show 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 enter under my roof;

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

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

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

And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no water for 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 this woman, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

And he said, To you it is given 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.

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

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

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? 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, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue hath gone out of me.

And when the day began to decline, then came the twelve, and said to him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country around, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

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

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

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

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

And behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee look upon my son: for he is my only child.

And said to them, Whoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me; and whoever 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.

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go and bid them farewell who are 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 delivered to me by my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

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

But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

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 in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

And he from within shall answer and say, 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 through dry places, seeking rest: and finding none, he saith, I will return to my house whence I came out.

No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a close vessel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.

That the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

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

Also I say to you, Whoever shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

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

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

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

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to deposit my fruits?

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I deposit all my fruits and my goods.

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

And ye yourselves like men that wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.

But if that servant shall 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 to be drunken?

But he will say, I tell you, I know you 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, until the time shall come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

But when thou art invited, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honor in the presence of them that sit at table with thee.

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, 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 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 my supper.

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

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

So likewise, whoever he is of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

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

And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided to them his living.

And when he came 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,

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 found. And they began to be merry.

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

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

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.

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

So he called every one of his lord's debtors, and 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, that he may 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 wouldst 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 drank; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.