"This has the Lord done for me. He has now deigned to take the away my reproach among men."

Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee, called Nazareth,

Soon after this Mary set out and hastened unto the hill-country to a town in Judah;

"But why is this honor done me, that the mother of my Lord should come me?

"For he who is mighty has done great things for me; And holy is his name.

"he has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted those of low degree.

So he asked for a writing tablet and wrote down, "His name is John."

And every one went to be registered, each to the town to which he belonged.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city if Nazareth, into Judea, to David's town of Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David.

"For unto you born this day in there is born in David's town a Saviour, who is the Anointed Lord.

As soon as all that the law required had been done, they returned to Galilee to their own town, Nazareth.

Then he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was always obedient to them. But his mother kept treasuring up all these incidents in her hearts.

And now truly the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. So every tree which is not bearing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

but Herod, the Tetrarch, when reproved by him because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the wicked deeds that he had done,

Then he brought him to Jerusalem, and caused him to stand upon the Temple roof, and said to him. "If you really are the Son of God throw yourself down here;

Then rolling up the papyrus, he gave it back to the attendant and sat down.

Jesus answered. "Doubtless you will quote the proverb to me, 'Physician, heal thyself!' Do also here in your own country all that we hear that you have done in Capernaum."

they rose, hurried him outside the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, intending to cast him down headlong.

Then he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and continued to teach the people on the Sabbath Days.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying. "Be quiet! Come out of him." And when the demon had thrown the man down before them, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

And when it was daybreak he left the town, and went away to a solitary place; and the crowd kept seeking him. Coming at length upon him, they attempted to detain him so that he should not leave them.

He went on board one of the boats which belonged to Simon, and asked him to push out a little way from land. Then he sat down and continued to teach the crowd from the boat.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Push out into deep water, and let down your nets for a haul."

"Master," answered Simon, "although we toiled all night, we took nothing; but at your bidding I will let down the nets."

And when they had done this they enclosed a great multitude of fish; and their nets began to break.

When Simon Peter saw this he fell down at the knees of Jesus, exclaiming, "Depart from me, O Lord, for I am a sinful man!"

So they went up on the roof, and let him down through the tiling, with his bed, into the crowd, before Jesus.

With these he came down till he reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of his disciples and a great many people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. These came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases.

"Pardon, and you shall be pardoned; Give, and gifts shall be given to you; Full measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they shall pour into your bosom. For with what measure you measure, they will measure back to you."

And the report of what Jesus had done went forth throughout Judea and the surrounding regions.

One of the Pharisees kept urging him to dine, so he entered the house and reclined at table.

It happened shortly afterwards that he began to go from town to town and village to village, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God.

As a great crowd was gathering, and men of town after town kept restoring to him, he spoke a parable to them.

When he saw Jesus he cried out, and fell down before him, and in a loud voice exclaimed. "What have we to do with you, Jesus, you son of God Most High? I implore you to torment me not!"

The demons came out of the man, and entered into the swine; the herd rushed violently down over the cliff into the lake.

And those who saw what had happened fled and reported it in the town and the villages.

"Return to your home, and tell them all that God has done for you." So he went away and throughout the whole city he published how much Jesus had done for him.

for they were all waiting for him. Just then there came a man named Jarius, and he was ruler in the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet and begged him to come into his house;

Then the woman, who saw that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and falling down before him, stated before the people for what reason she had touched him, and how she had been instantly healed.

He bade them to get her some food. Her parents were amazed; but he forbade them to tell any one what had been done.

"If any one will not receive you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave this town, as a testimony against them."

On their return the apostles told him what they had done. and he took them and withdrew in private to a town called Bethsaida.

(For there were about five thousand men.) "Make them sit down in table-companies, of about fifty each," he said to his disciples.

This they did, and made them all sit down.

It happened the next day, when they were come down from the mountain, that a large crowd came to meet him;

But while he was yet coming the demon dashed him down, and cruelly convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and cured the boy, and gave him back to his father.

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this they said, "Lord, are you willing for us to bid fire come down from heaven and destroy them?" As Elijah did.

"And whatever town you come to, and they receive you, eat whatever they put before you.

"Heal the sick in that town and tell them, The kingdom of God draws near to you.

"But whatever town you enter, and they do not receive you, Go out into the streets and cry,

"'The very dust of your town which clings to your feet we wipe off as protest; but know this, that the kingdom of God is drawing near to you.'

"For I tell you that it will be mare tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that town.

"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For had the mighty been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

"And you Capernaum, shall you be exalted to heaven? No! you shall be brought down to Hades!

"A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell among bandits who both stripped him and beat him, and went off leaving him half dead.

"Now a certain priest chanced to be going down that way, but on seeing him he passed on the other side.

When he had finished speaking a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in with him and reclined.

"But woe unto you Pharisee! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and disregard justice and the love of God; but these you ought to have done, and not leave the other undone.

"And he said to himself. 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones in which I will store all my wheat and my goods.

"Happy are those slaves whom their master shall find watching when he comes. I tell you truly that will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and come and serve them.

So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?'

"If after that it bears fruit, well and good; but if not you shall cut it down.'"

"And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

"When you are invited by any one to a marriage-feast, do not sit down in the best seat, lest a guest more distinguished than yourself has been invited, and your host come to you and say,

"But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when your host arrives he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' Then you will be honored before the other guest.

"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?

"Or what king as he goes forth to join battle with another king in war does not sit down first and deliberate whether he can meet with ten thousand men the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?

"Or, again, suppose a woman has ten coins. If she loses one, does she not light a lamp and sweep the house, and search anxiously until she finds it?

"'A hundred measures of oil,' he answered. "He said to him, 'Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty."

"But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, 'Come at once, sit down to dinner,'

"Even so, you also, after you have done all the things that are commanded you, should say, 'We are but slaves, we have only done what it was our duty to do.'"

And as he was going certain village ten lepers met him.

"Were there not ten cleansed?" asked Jesus, "but where are the nine?

"On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside, let him not go down to take them away; nor should a man in the field turn back.

"There was a certain town," he said, "a judge who had neither reverence for God, nor respect for man.

"In that same town there was a widow who came again and again before him, saying, "'Do for me the justice of my adversary.'

"And will not God see justice done to his elect who are crying unto him day and night, even if he seems to delay helping them?

"I tell you that he will quickly see justice done to his elect! Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith upon the earth?"

Moreover he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves because they were righteous, and looked down upon the rest.

"I tell you that this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself shall be humbled; but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

So he entered Jericho and was passing through the town.

As soon as Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Come down quickly, Zaccheus, for today I must stay at your house."

He made haste to climb down, and receive him joyfully.

"And he summoned ten slaves of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, "'Trade with these until I come.'

"And the first came before him, saying, 'Master, your pound has made ten pounds.'

"And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

"He said to him, "'By your own words I will Judge you, you wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man taking up what I did not lay down, reaping what I did not sow.

"Then to those who stood by, he said, 'Take the pounds from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.'

"'Master,' they said to him, 'he already has ten pounds.'

saying, "It is written, ??he house of God shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."

"As for what you are looking at, the time is coming when not one stone will be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

And when the hour was come he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him,

But he himself withdrew from them about a stone's throw, kneeling down he prayed repeatedly, saying.

"Father, if thou art willing, take away this cup from me; but thy will, not mine, be done!"

(And being in agony he kept praying more earnestly; and his sweat became as if it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.)

And when they had lighted a fire in the center of the court, and had sat down together, Peter was taking his seat among them.

Neither does Herod; for he sent him back to us. You see that he has done nothing worthy of death.

So Pilate gave sentence what they wished should be done.

"We indeed justly, for we are receiving due retribution for what we have done. But he has done no wrong."

And all the crowds who had assembled to see this spectacle, after witnessing what had been done, were returning beating upon their breast.