Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.'

He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

and she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, 'Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, 'If the Son thou art of God, cast thyself down hence,

And having folded the roll, having given it back to the officer, he sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing on him.

And he said unto them, 'Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'

and having risen, they put him forth without the city, and brought him unto the brow of the hill on which their city had been built -- to cast him down headlong,

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths,

and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon's, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat.

And when he left off speaking, he said unto Simon, 'Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;'

and Simon answering said to him, 'Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but at thy saying I will let down the net.'

And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking,

And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, 'Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O lord;'

and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus,

and having come down with them, he stood upon a level spot, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their sicknesses,

'The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.

And they sailed down to the region of the Gadarenes, that is over-against Galilee,

and the demons having gone forth from the man, did enter into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep to the lake, and were choked.

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by certain, that John hath been raised out of the dead;

And it came to pass on the next day, they having come down from the mount, there met him a great multitude,

And his disciples James and John having seen, said, 'Sir, wilt thou that we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'

'Woe to thee, Chorazin; woe to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes, they had reformed;

'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, 'Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?'

and Jesus having taken up the word, said, 'A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving him half dead.

'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side;

And in his speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),

and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.

'And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

'Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.

So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'

and he entering into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off,

And Jesus answering said, 'Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine -- where?

in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, 'Good teacher, what having done -- shall I inherit life age-during?'

And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said unto him, 'Zaccheus, having hastened, come down, for to-day in thy house it behoveth me to remain;'

and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing;

and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business -- till I come;

'And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business.

'And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;

and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

'And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

And to those standing by he said, Take from him the pound, and give to him having the ten pounds --

(and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds) --

saying to them, 'It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'

These things that ye behold -- days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

saying, 'Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me -- ;but, not my will, but Thine be done.' --

and they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and having sat down together, Peter was sitting in the midst of them,

And Herod having seen Jesus did rejoice exceedingly, for he was wishing for a long time to see him, because of hearing many things about him, and he was hoping some sign to see done by him,

no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you back unto him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is having been done by him;

and Pilate gave judgment for their request being done,

And the centurion having seen what was done, did glorify God, saying, 'Really this man was righteous;'

and having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn out, where no one was yet laid.

And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain others with them,

And Peter having risen, did run to the tomb, and having stooped down he seeth the linen clothes lying alone, and he went away to his own home, wondering at that which was come to pass.