But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that Holy thing which shall be born, shall be called the Son of God.

openeth the womb shall be holy to the Lord) And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the Law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.

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

For it is written, He shall charge his angels concerning thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up,

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and there went out a fame of him, thro' all the region round about.

he found the place where it was written, 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 proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

And they all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

And rising up, thrust him out of the city, and brought him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, to cast him down headlong.

And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What word is this, that with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out!

And on a certain day as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every town of Galilee, and out of Judea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

And in those days he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in the prayer of God.

And lifting up his eyes on his disciples, he said, Happy are ye poor: for your's is the kingdom of God.

Bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.

And he answering said to them, Go and tell John the things ye have seen and heard: the blind see; the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed; the deaf hear; the dead are raised; to the poor the gospel is preached.

And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred fold. And saying these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And calling together the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases.

And about eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and James and John, and went up into a mountain to pray.

And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. And while they all wondered at all things which Jesus did,

And he said to them, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Behold I give ydu power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy,

And as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done as in heaven, so on earth.

As he spake these things, a certain woman lifting up her voice out of the multitude said to him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked!

Truly ye bear witness that ye approve the deeds of your fathers: for whom they killed, ye build their sepulchres.

But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: fear him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell: yea, I say to you, fear him.

Perhaps it may bear fruit: but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.

But when thou makest an entertainment, invite the poor,

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a field, 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.

So the servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the disabled, and the lame, and the blind.

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

Then he said, I pray thee, therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

And he spake a parable to them to this end, that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

And shall not God vindicate his own elect, who cry to him day and night, though he bear long with them?

Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

There is none good save one, that is God. Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery. Do not murder, Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Honour thy father and thy mother.

Sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

And Zaccheus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken any thing from any man wrongfully, I restore him fourfold.

And watching him, they sent forth spies, feigning themselves to be just men, to take hold of his discourse, that they might deliver him to the power and authority of the governour.

And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither tuo mites.

And he said, Of a truth I say to you, This poor widow hath cast in more than they all.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

Watch ye therefore and pray always, that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these things which will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And when he was at the place he said to them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

and found them sleeping for sorrow, And said to them, Why sleep ye? Rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right-hand of the power of God.

And as they led him away, they laid hold on one Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

For behold the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps that never gave suck.

but tarry in the city Jerusalem, till ye be clothed with power from on high.