As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,

Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.

With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.

And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.

Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.

And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.

And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,

The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death.

And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.

And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;

Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

Then there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in the Synagogue: and he went down at the feet of Jesus, desiring him to come to his house;

And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.

And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

And on the day after, when they came down from the mountain, a great band of people came to him.

And while he was coming, he was pushed violently down and twisted by the evil spirit. But Jesus gave sharp orders to the unclean spirit, and made the boy well, and gave him back to his father.

And he sent men before: and they came to a small town of Samaria to make ready for him.

And they went to another small town.

Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you:

But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,

Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.

A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.

And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.

And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he went by on the other side.

Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them?

And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.

Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.

Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.

And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,

And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria.

And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine?

But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.

And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.

And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said to him, Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I am coming to your house today.

And he came down quickly, and took him into his house with joy.

And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;