And the angel said to him; Fear not, Zacharias; because thy prayer has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bring forth a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John.

And Zacharias said to the angel: According to what shall I know this? for I am old and my wife advanced in her days.

And the angel responding said to him; I am Gabriel standing in the presence of God, and am sent to speak to you and to preach to you these things.

And the angel having come to her said; Hail, thou blessed one; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women.

And the angel said to her; Fear not, Mary; for thou didst find favor with God.

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

And the angel responding said to her; The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore, indeed, that holy thing that is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

And Mary said; Behold the handmaiden of the Lord; may it be done unto me according to thy word. And the angel went away from her.

And it came to pass when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant in her womb leaped; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; and she spoke with a loud voice and said;

And Mary said; My soul doth magnify the Lord,

as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.

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

And they said to her; That there is no one among thy kindred who is called by this name.

And the angel said to them; Fear not; for behold, I preach unto you the gospel of great joy, which shall be to all people;

And it came to pass, when the angels departed from them into heaven, indeed, the shepherds said to one another; Now let us go unto Bethlehem and see this word which has taken place, which the Lord made known to us.

he received Him into his arms and blessed God and said;

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, His mother; Behold, he is appointed unto the fall and rising of many in Israel, and unto a sign which is spoken against;

And seeing Him they were astonished, and His mother said to Him; Child, why did you thus do unto us? Behold, thy father and I were seeking thee, sorrowful.

And He said to them, Why were you seeking after me? Did you not know that it behooved me to be in the affairs of my Father?

Then he said unto the multitudes coming out to be baptized by him; O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And the publicans came also to be baptized, and said to him; Teacher, what shall we do!

And he said to them, Exact no more than that which has been appointed unto you.

And the soldiers were asking him saying; And what shall we do? And he said to them; Oppress no one, neither defraud; and be content with your wages.

And the devil said to Him, If thou art the Son of God, speak to this stone, in order that it may become bread.

And the devil said to Him, I will give all the authority and glories of these to thee: because it has been given unto me: and I give it to whom I may wish;

And Jesus responding said to him; It has been written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve.

And he led Him into Jerusalem, and placed Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down from thence;

And Jesus responding said to him; That it has been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor: hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, and to set at liberty them that are bruised,

And having closed the book, and giving it back to the officer, He sat down: and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on Him.

And He said to them, You truly speak to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: so many things as we heard having been done in Capernaum, do also here in thy own country.

And He said, Truly I say unto you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.

And He said to them, That, it behooveth me to preach the gospel of the kingdom of God to many other cities: because unto this I have been sent.

When He ceased speaking He said to Simon, Lead out into the deep, and spread your nets for a draught.

And Simon responding said to Him, Master, having toiled all night, we caught nothing: but at thy word I will spread the net.

And likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were companions to Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now you shall be catching men.

And seeing their faith, He said to him; Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

And having responded He said to them, Why do you reason in your hearts?

But in order that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (He said to the paralyzed), I say unto thee, Arise, and having taken thy bed, go into thy house.

And after these things He came out, and saw a publican, by name Levi, sitting at the toll, and He said to him, Follow me.

And Jesus responding said to them, They that are whole have not need of a physician, but they that are sick;

And they said to Him, Wherefore do the disciples of John fast, and make supplications; likewise also those of the Pharisees; but thy disciples eat and drink?

And He said to them, Whether are you able to make the sons of the bridechamber to fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

And certain ones of the Pharisees said to them, Why are you doing that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?

Jesus responded and said to them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those being with him?

And He said to them, The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath also.

But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man having the withered hand, Rise up, and stand in the midst; and he having arisen stood.

And Jesus said to them, I will ask you; What is lawful on the Sabbath; to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy?

And looking around upon them all, He said to him, Reach forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored.

And He lifting up His eyes to His disciples, said, Blessed are ye poor: because the kingdom of God is yours.

And Jesus, having heard these words, was astonished at him, and turning to the multitude following said, I say unto you, I did not find so great faith in Israel.

And the Lord seeing her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, Weep not.

And having come forward He touched the bier: and the pall-bearers stood still: and He said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

And the dead man sat up, and began to talk, and Ile gave him to his mother.

And the men having come to Him, said; John the Baptist sent us to thee, saving; Art thou the one coming, or must we expect another?

And Jesus responding said to them, Having gone, proclaim to John those things which you saw and heard; that the blind are seeing, the lame are walking about, the lepers are being cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised up, the poor are having the gospel preached unto them;

And a certain one of the Pharisees, asked Him, that He would eat with him, and having come into the house of the Pharisee, He sat down to the table.

And Jesus responding said to him, Simon, I have something to say to thee. And he says, Speak, Teacher.

Simon responding said, I perceive, that he, to whom he forgave the more. And He said to him, You answered correctly.

And turning to the woman He said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I came into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hairs.

And He said to her; Thy sins are forgiven.

And He said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved them; go in peace.

A sower went out to sow his seed. And while he was sowing, some fell by the way, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it.

And He said; To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

And this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.

And He responding said to them, My mother and my brothers are the ones hearing the word of God, and doing it.

And it came to pass on one of the days, He and His disciples went into a ship. And He said to them, Let us go to the other side of the lake. And they were embarked.

And He said to them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid were astonished, saying to one another, Who then is this, because He commands the winds and the water, and they obey Him?

And seeing Jesus, and crying out, he worshiped Him, and said with a loud voice; What is there to me and to thee, O Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I pray thee torment me not.

And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said Legion; because many demons entered into him.

And Jesus said, Who is the one having touched me? And all denying, Peter and the disciples with Him said, The multitudes crowd thee and press upon thee, and dost thou say, Who is the one having touched me?

And Jesus said, Some one touched me: for I know the power went out from me.

And He said to her, Be of good cheer, daughter; thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

And they were all weeping, and wailing over her: and He said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

And He said to them, Take nothing for the journey, neither staff, nor valise, nor bread, nor silver; nor to have two coats.

And Herod the tetrarch heard all things which were wrought by Him; and was at a loss, because it was said by some, that John is risen from the dead;

And Herod said, I beheaded John: but who is this, concerning whom I hear these things? And he was seeking to see Him.

And the day began to decline; and the twelve coming to Him, said, Send away the multitude, in order that having gone into the surrounding villages and countries, they may lodge, and find food: because we are here in a desert place.

And He said to them, You give them to eat. And they said, There is not to us more than five loaves and two fishes; if not having gone we must purchase victuals for all this people.

For the men were about five thousand. And He said to His disciples, Have them sit down in companies, about fifty.

And they did thus, and made all sit down.

They responding said, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets is risen.

And He said to them, But whom do you say that I am? And Peter responding said, The Christ of God.

It came to pass when they departed from Him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah: not knowing what he says.

And Jesus responding said, O ye faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring your son hither.

And all were astonished at the majesty of God.And all being astonished at all things which Jesus did, He said to His disciples,

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

And John responding said, Master, we saw one casting out the demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.

And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not; for whosoever is not against us is on our side.

And the disciples James and John, seeing, said, Lord, do you wish that we may command fire to descend from heaven and consume them?

And they going on the way, a certain one said to Him, Lord, I will follow thee wheresoever thou mayest go.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven nests; but the Son of man has not a place where He may recline His head.

And He said to another, Follow thou me. And he said, Lord, permit me first having gone away to bury my father.

And Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead; but thou having gone away proclaim the kingdom of God.

And another said to Him, Lord, I will follow thee; but first permit me to bid adieu to those at my own home.

And Jesus said to him, No one putting his hand to the plow, and looking back, is worthy of the kingdom of God.

And He said to them, The harvest is indeed great, but the laborers are few: therefore pray you the Lord of the harvest, that He may send forth laborers into His harvest.

And He said to them, I saw Satan having fallen as the lightning from heaven.

At the same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes: yea, Father, because it was thus pleasing in thy sight.

And turning to His disciples, He said, All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, except the Father; and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom He may wish to reveal Him.