Gladness and exultant joy shall be yours, and many will rejoice over his birth.

and He will be King over the House of Jacob for the Ages, and of His Kingdom there will be no end."

Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,

Then, as soon as the angels had left them and returned to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over as far as Bethlehem and see this that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

And the Devil said to Him, "To you will I give all this authority and this splendour; for it has been handed over to me, and on whomsoever I will I bestow it.

But I tell you in truth that there was many a widow in Israel in the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three years and six months and there came a severe famine over all the land;

Then standing over her He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she at once rose and waited on them.

give, and gifts shall be bestowed on you. Full measure, pressed, shaken down, and running over, shall they pour into your laps; for with the same measure that you use they shall measure to you in return."

and, standing behind close to His feet, weeping, began to wet His feet with her tears; and with her hair she wiped the tears away again, while she lovingly kissed His feet and poured the perfume over them.

One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail.

For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert.

The demons came out of the man and left him, and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed violently over the cliff into the Lake and were drowned.

Then calling the Twelve together He conferred on them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases;

So they ate and were fully satisfied, all of them; and what they had remaining over was gathered up, twelve baskets of fragments.

But while he was thus speaking, there came a cloud which spread over them; and they were awe-struck when they had entered into the cloud.

Alas for you! for you are like the tombs which lie hidden, and the people who walk over them are not aware of their existence."

"Man," He replied, "who has constituted me a judge or arbitrator over you?"

If then you are unable to do even a very little thing, why be over-anxious about other matters?

I tell you truly that He will put him in authority over all His possessions.

For when, with your opponent, you are going before the magistrate, on the way take pains to get out of his power; for fear that, if he should drag you before the judge, the judge may hand you over to the officer of the court, and the officer lodge you in prison.

I tell you that in the same way there will be rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner--more rejoicing than over ninety-nine blameless persons who have no need of repentance.

"I tell you that in the same way there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one repentant sinner."

And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.'

"'Well done, good servant,' he replied; 'because you have been faithful in a very small matter, be in authority over ten towns.'

When He came into full view of the city, He wept aloud over it, and exclaimed,

So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.

He gave them the cup in like manner, when the meal was over. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant ratified by my blood which is to be poured out on your behalf.

But He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles are their masters, and those who exercise authority over them are called Benefactors.

so that you shall eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and sit on thrones as judges over the twelve tribes of Israel.

There was moreover a writing over His head: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

It was now about noon, and a darkness came over the whole country till three o'clock in the afternoon.

But they pressed Him to remain with them. "Because," said they, "it is getting towards evening, and the day is nearly over." So He went in to stay with them.