In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.

And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.

And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,

And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.

And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life

And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.

Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

And there were a number of lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and not one of them was made clean, but only Naaman the Syrian.

And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean spirit; and he gave a loud cry and said,

And there was much talk about him in all the places round about.

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 it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.

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 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.

Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

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;

For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups, about fifty to a group.

And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.

Now there was a discussion among them about which of them would be the greatest.

But they would not have him there, because he was clearly going to Jerusalem.

And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.

But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.

Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.

And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

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.

For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!

Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be heat; and so it is.

Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.

And a certain man was there who had a disease.

But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

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

I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.

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

And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together.

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.

I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.

And he went into the Temple and put out those who were trading there,

And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place?

There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.

And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

And he will take you up to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready.

And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

And while he was saying these words, there came a band of people, and Judas, one of the twelve, was in front of them, and he came near to Jesus to give him a kiss.

And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these things of which you are talking. And straight away, while he was saying these words, there came the cry of a cock.

And the chief priests and the scribes were there, making statements against him violently.

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life

Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man

And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.