that, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to burn incense after entering into the temple of the Lord.

And there will be joy and exultation for thee, and many will rejoice at his birth.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he should, no, not drink wine and strong drink. And he will be filled of Holy Spirit, even from his mother's belly.

And behold, thou will be mute, and not able to speak until that day these things will come to pass, because thou did not believed my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.

Now in the sixth month the agent Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

But having seen, she was perplexed at his saying, and was pondering what kind of greeting this might be.

This man will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.

And he will reign over the house of Jacob into the ages. And of his kingdom there will be no end.

And Mary said to the agent, How will this be, since I know not a man?

And having answered, the agent said to her, Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee. Therefore also the holy thing that is begotten will be called the Son of God.

For no word from God will be impossible.

And blessed is she who believed, because there will be a fulfillment of the things that were spoken to her from Lord.

He did a mighty work by his arm. He scattered the proud in the mentality of their heart.

He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy,

And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling it by the name of his father Zacharias.

And his mother having answered, said, No, but he will be called John.

And they said to her, There is no man among thy relatives who is called by this name.

And all who heard stored up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? For the hand of Lord was with him.

And he raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his boy David,

just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

to do mercy with our fathers, and his holy covenant to be remembered,

And thou, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. For thou will go ahead, before the face of Lord, to prepare his ways,

because of the bowels of mercy of our God, by which the dayspring from on high came to help us,

And all went to be enrolled, each into his personal city.

And there were shepherds in the same region living in the fields, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

And the agent said to them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good-news of great joy that will be to all the people,

And suddenly there came to be with the agent a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

And all who heard it wondered about the things that were spoken to them by the shepherds.

And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise him, that his name was called JESUS, the one called by the heavenly agent before he was conceived in the belly.

(just as it is written in a law of Lord that every male that opens a womb will be called holy to the Lord),

And it was divinely revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death before he would see the Christ of Lord.

And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus, for them to do according to the custom of the law about him,

(and also of thee, a sword will pierce through thine own soul), so that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

and having fulfilled the days, during their return the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and his mother did not know it,

but, having supposed him to be in the caravan, they went a day's journey. And they sought him among their kinfolk and acquaintances.

And he said to them, Why is it that ye were seeking me? Had ye not known that I must be among the things of my Father?

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked things will be into straight and the rough into smooth ways.

He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be immersed by him, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath?

And tax collectors also came to be immersed, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?

And men who were soldiers also questioned him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him about Herodias his brother's wife, and about all of which evil things Herod had done,

Now it came to pass, during the immersion of all the people, Jesus also having been immersed and praying, for the heaven to be opened,

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

And Jesus, full of Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were ended, afterward he was hungry.

If therefore thou will worship before me, it will all be thine.

And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

And Jesus rebuked it, saying, Be thou muzzled, and come out of him. And the demon having thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, not having harm him.

And having arisen from the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. And Simon's mother-in-law was gripped by a great fever, and they besought him about her.

And also demons came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou are the Christ, the Son of God. And rebuking them, he did not allow them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

And he saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen having gone out of them, were washing their nets.

And they beckoned to their partners in the other boat, after coming, to assist them. And they came and filled both the boats, so as for them to be sunk down.

and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou will be catching men.

And having stretched forth his hand, he touched him, having said, I will, be thou clean. And straightaway the leprosy departed from him.

But the report about him went through more, and many multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him from their infirmities.

But the days will also come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.

And no man puts new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the new wine will burst the wineskins, and will itself be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined.

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved together.

Now it came to pass for him to be going through the grain fields on a particular Sabbath, and his disciples were plucking the ears and were eating, rubbing them in their hands.

And having come down with them, he stood on a level place. And a company of his disciples, and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, were those who came to hear him, and to be h

Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.

And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven.

Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye measure, it will be measured again to you.

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every disciple who is fully developed will be as his teacher.

And a certain centurion's bondman faring badly was going to perish, who was esteemed by him.

And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far distant from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, Lord, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that thou should come under my roof.

Therefore neither did I consider myself worthy to come to thee, but speak by word, and my boy will be healed.

And blessed is he, whoever will not be offended by me.

But the Pharisees and the lawyers who were not immersed by him, rejected the purpose of God for themselves.

And it came to pass that he traveled through, by city and village in succession, announcing and preaching the good-news of the kingdom of God, and the twelve men with him,

And when a large multitude gathered together, and those coming to him from each city, he spoke by a parable.

The man who sows went forth to sow his seed. And during his sowing, some fell by the way, and it was trampled, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

And those by the way are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they would be saved.

And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity.

For there is no secret that will not become visible, nor hid, that will not be known and come to be visible.

Notice therefore how ye hear. For whoever has, to him will be given, and whoever has not, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.

For he commanded the unclean spirit to come out from the man, for many times it had seized him. And he was bound with chains and shackles, and guarded. And breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desolate regi

And the whole multitude of the region around the Gadarenes besought him to depart from them, because they were gripped by great fear. And he, having embarked into the boat, returned.

But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him to be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

And a woman being with an issue of blood for twelve years, who, although she spent her entire living on physicians, was unable to be healed by any,

But having heard it, Jesus answered him, saying, Fear not, only believe and she will be saved.

But having sent them all away outside, having taken her by the hand, he called out, saying, Girl, awake.

But Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him. And he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was risen from the dead,

and by some that Elijah appeared, and by others that a prophet, one of the ancient men arose.

But he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, There are for us not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless, after going, we might buy food for all this people.

saying, It is necessary for the Son of man to suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scholars, and be killed, and the third day to rise.

For whoever may be ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of man will be ashamed of this man when he comes in his glory, and of the Father, and of the holy agents.

And it came to pass, as they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here, and we could make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah, not knowing what he was sayi

And having answered, Jesus said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long will I be with you and endure you? Bring thy son here.

And as he was still a coming, the demon tore him, and he convulsed. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Place ye these sayings into your ears, for the Son of man is going to be delivered up into the hands of men.

But a thought entered among them, which of them may be greater.

and he said to them, Whoever may receive this child in my name receives me, and whoever may receive me receives him who sent me, for he who exists smaller among you all, this man will be great.

Now after these things the Lord also appointed seventy other men, and sent them by twos before his face into every city and place where he himself was going to come.

I say to you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted to the sky, will be thrust down to Hades.

And having turned to the disciples, he said, All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him.

And by coincidence a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.