SINCE many have undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the things fully believed among us,

as they delivered them to us who, from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word,

And the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son; and you shall call his name John.

to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

And coming in to her, he said, Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you!

And behold Elizabeth, your relative, even she is pregnant with a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her called barren;

for nothing is impossible with God.

and cried with a loud voice, and said, Blessed are you among women! and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

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

And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be an accomplishment of the words spoken to her by the Lord.

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

and his mercy is to generations and generations of them that fear him.

as he said to our fathers, to Abraham and his posterity forever.

And they said to her, There is no one of your relations who is called by this name;

And asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And all wondered.

And all who heard laid them to heart, saying, What then is this child to be? For the hand of the Lord was also with him.

Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people,

and raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David his servant;

as he said by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old;

A salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us,

to grant us without fear, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, to serve him

on account of the compassionate mercies of our God, by which a morning from on high has visited us,

And Joseph went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

For to you was born to-day in the city of David, a Saviour who is the anointed Lord.

And when the angels had departed from them to heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us go now to Bethlehem, and see this thing which has occurred, which the Lord has made known to us.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

as it is written in the law of the Lord that every male which is a first born shall be called holy to the Lord,

and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.

And behold, there was a man at Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against,

And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, Son, why have you dealt thus with us? Behold, your father and I have sought you with sorrow.

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a change of mind. And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And already also the axe lies at the root of the trees; every tree therefore which bears not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.

And he said to them, Do nothing more than is appointed for you.

John answered all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but a mightier than I is coming, the strings of whose shoes I am not fit to untie; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather the wheat into his storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable fire.

And Jesus was about thirty years old, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli,

And Jesus answered him, It is written, that man shall not live by bread alone.

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.

And Jesus answered and said to him, It is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him alone shall you serve.

for it is written, He will charge his angels concerning you, to guard you,

And Jesus answered and said to him, It is said, You shall not try the Lord your God.

And the book of Isaiah the prophet was given to him. And unrolling the book he found the place where it was written,

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, To-day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

And they all bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth, and said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

And he said, I tell you truly, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.

Alas! what have you to do with us, Jesus Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy [Son] of God!

And they were all amazed, and talked with each other, saying, What word is this, that with authority and power he commands the impure spirits, and they come out?

And as the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

And he charged him to tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and present an offering for your purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaks blasphemies? who can forgive sins, but God alone?

in what is it easier to say, Your sins are forgiven you, than to say, Arise and walk?

And he said to them, Can you make the children of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them?

And no one drinking old wine desires new; for he says the old is good.

And some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what is not lawful on the sabbath?

And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.

And on another sabbath he went into the synagogue and taught. And there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

And Jesus said to them, I will ask you whether it is lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil? to save a life or to destroy?

And they were filled with madness, and conferred with each other as to what they should do to Jesus.

And he lifted up his eyes upon his disciples and said, Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you from their company, and reproach and cast out your names as evil, on account of the Son of man.

Rejoice in that day, and be exceedingly glad; for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in this manner did their fathers to the prophets.

Give to every one that asks; and from him who takes that which is yours, ask it not back.

And as you wish men to do to you, do you also in like manner to them.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks have you? sinners also lend to sinners, to receive back as much again.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Most High; for he is good to the unthankful and evil.

Be merciful, as your father is merciful;

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every perfect one will be as his teacher.

For there is no good tree which bears bad fruit, nor, again, a bad tree which bears good fruit.

For every tree is known by its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from brambles.

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

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the stream beat against that house and could not shake it, because it was built on a rock.

But he that hears and does not, is like a man building a house on the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream beat, and it fell immediately; and the ruin of that house was great.

And having come to Jesus they besought him earnestly, saying, He is worthy for whom you should do this;

for he loves our nation, and has built us a synagogue.

And as he approached the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, an only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a great multitude from the city was with her.

And fear seized all; and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is raised up among us; and, God has visited his people.

And coming to him the men said, John the Baptist has sent us to you to say, Are you he that was to come, or look we for another?

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.

I tell you, that among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John; but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God as to themselves, not having been baptized by him.

And Wisdom is justified by all her children.

And the Pharisee who invited him, seeing it, spoke within himself, saying, If this was a prophet he would have known who and what kind of a woman this is who touches him; for she is a sinner.

Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she has loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven, loves little.

And those who reclined with him said within themselves, Who is this that forgives sins also?

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.

But the parable signifies this; the seed is the word of God;

For there is nothing hid which shall not be manifest, nor concealed which shall not be known and come to light.

AND on one of those days both he and his disciples went into the ship; and he said to them, Let us cross over to the other side of the lake. And they set sail;

and as they were sailing he fell asleep. And a tempest of wind came down on the lake, and they were flooded with water, and in peril.

And he said to them, Where is your faith? And they were afraid, and wondered, saying one to another, What man then is this, that he commands the winds and the water and they obey him?

And they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite to Galilee.

And as he went out on the land, there met him a certain man from the city who had had demons for a long time; and he wore no clothes, and remained not in a house, but in the tombs.

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion; because many demons had entered into him.

And all wept and lamented her. But he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps.

And Herod said, John I beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world and destroys himself, or loses his life?