And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in their days.

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me!

Now the time was completed for Elizabeth, that she should give birth, and she brought forth a son.

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

and all who heard laid them up in their heart, saying, "What, then, shall this child be!" For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.

"And you also, child, shall be called 'Prophet of the Most High;' for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to prepare His ways;

And the child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Now it came to pass, in those days, that there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the inhabited earth should be enrolled.

to enrol himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.

And, having seen Him, they made known concerning the saying spoken to them about this Child.

But they were filled with madness, and were conferring one with another as to what they should do to Jesus.

"And as ye wish that men should do to you, do ye also to them in like manner.

And they, coming to Jesus, were earnestly beseeching Him, saying, "He is worthy for whom Thou shalt do this;

And those by the wayside are those who heard; then the Devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart; lest, having believed, they should be saved.

And her spirit returned to her, and she rose up instantly; and He commanded that something should be given to her to eat.

But He said to them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless we, going, should buy food for all this people." (For they were about five thousand men).

And there entered a reasoning among them, as to which of them should be greatest.

Now Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their heart, taking a child, placed it by Himself,

and said to them, "Whosoever shall receive this child in My name, receives Me; and whosoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for he that is least among you all, the same is great."

but I will show you Whom ye should fear; fear Him Who, after killing, has authority to cast into Hell; yea, I say to you, fear Him.

But, if that servant should say in his heart, My lord is delaying to come, and shall begin to beat the manservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

And was it not right that this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, lo, eighteen years, should have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?"

And he said to him, 'Child, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours'

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that, in your lifetime, you received in full your good things, and Lazarus, likewise, evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.

And He said to His disciples, "It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe to him through whom they come!

It were profitable for him, if a millstone were placed about his neck, and he thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

Verily I say to you, whosoever does not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein."

And those going before were rebuking him, that he should be silent; but he kept crying out much more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

"What do you wish that I should do for you?" And he said, "Lord, that I may receive sight."

And, at the season, he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, beating him, sent him away empty.

saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If any one's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed to his brother.'

Woe to the women with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress on the land, and wrath to this people.

And Pilate gave judgment that their request should be executed;

but their eyes were holden that they should not recognize Him.

Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things, and enter into His glory?"

and He said to them, "Thus it has been written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day,

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.