and the messenger said unto him, 'Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

Again they said to Him, "John's disciples fast often and pray, as do also those of the pharisees; but yours eat and drink."

"Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you and spurn the name you bear as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

some other seed fell on sound soil, and springing up bore a crop, a hundredfold." When he said this he called out, "He who has an ear, let him listen to this."

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

AND he spoke also a parable to them, that men ought to pray at all times, and not to faint;

Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence pray at great length; these shall receive more abundant judgment.

Watch, therefore, and pray at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Now there was a man of the name of Joseph, who was a member of the Council, and who bore a good and upright character.