it seemed good to me also, having obtained exact information of all things from the very first, to write them in order for you, most excel lent Theophilus,

And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying: His name is John. And they were all astonished.

And now also the ax is lying at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and, as his custom was, he entered the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and stood up to read.

And Jesus answered and said to them: Have you not read even that which David did, when he was hungry him self, and those who were with him,

And it came to pass, on another sabbath, that he entered the synagogue and taught; and a man was there, whose right hand was withered.

And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Those on the rock are they that, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who, for awhile, believe, and in time of temptation apostatize.

And they came out to see what had been done; and they came to Jesus, and saw the man out of whom the demons had gone, clothed, and in his right mind, sitting at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.

Carry no purse, nor bag, nor sandals; and salute no one on the road.

He said to him: What is written in the law? How do you read?

And by chance a certain priest went down along that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

And why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right?

He replied, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take back your note, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Then he said to another, How much do you owe? He replied, A hundred homers of wheat. And he said to him, Take back your note, and write eighty.

And it came to pass, that, as he came near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road begging.

And as he was going on, they spread their mantles in the road.

saying: Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up children for his brother.

Even David himself says, in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,

And a certain one of them struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his right ear.

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

And when they came to the place called Skull, they there crucified him and the evil-doers; one on the right, and the other on the left.