But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And he shall be to thee joy and rejoicing, and many shall rejoice at his birth.

For he shall be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

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

And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?

and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.

He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;

and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end.

But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?

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

for nothing shall be impossible with God.

And blessed is she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from the Lord.

For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.

And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;

And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.

(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

(and even a sword shall go through thine own soul;) so that the thoughts may be revealed from many hearts.

Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked places shall become a straight path, and the rough places smooth ways,

and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

John answered all, saying, I indeed baptise you with water, but the mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to unloose; he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire;

And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

If therefore thou wilt do homage before me, all of it shall be thine.

for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee to keep thee;

and on their hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise thou strike thy foot against a stone.

But days will come when also the bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.

Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:

Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you.

Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind man lead a blind man? shall not both fall into the ditch?

The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.

Wherefore neither did I count myself worthy to come to thee. But say by a word and my servant shall be healed.

and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.

This is he concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?

For there is nothing hid which shall not become manifest, nor secret which shall not be known and come to light.

Take heed therefore how ye hear; for whosoever has, to him shall be given, and whosoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken from him.

But Jesus, hearing it, answered him saying, Fear not: only believe, and she shall be made well.

for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he shall save it.

For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?

For whosoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels.

But I say unto you of a truth, There are some of those standing here who shall not taste death until they shall have seen the kingdom of God.

And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring hither thy son.

and said to them, Whosoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me, and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For he who is the least among you all, he is great.

And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; but if not it shall turn to you again.

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

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

Behold, I give you the power of treading upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall in anywise injure you.

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal?

but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.

And he said to them, Who among you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, let me have three loaves,

And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

But of whom of you that is a father shall a son ask bread, and the father shall give him a stone? or also a fish, and instead of a fish shall give him a serpent?

or if also he shall ask an egg, shall give him a scorpion?

If therefore ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

and if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

But if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, your sons by whom do they cast them out? For this reason they shall be your judges.

But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.

For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

If therefore thy whole body is light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.

For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;

therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear him.

But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;

but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;

and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.

But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.

And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not a place where I shall lay up my fruits.

But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;

but seek his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you.

Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord on coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.

Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus;

the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.

But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared himself nor done his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

but he who knew it not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom men have committed much, they will ask from him the more.

But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!

for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:

For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in the same manner.

No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in like manner.

But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,

and if it shall bear fruit but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.

And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:

then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;

and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out.

And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.