In the reign of Herod, King of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zachariah, belonging to the class of Abijah. He had a wife named Elizabeth,

Then there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

"and he shall reign over the House of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."

and there she came into the house of Zachariah, and greeted Elizabeth.

And there came a great fear upon all in the neighborhood; and throughout the hill country of Judea all these sayings were much talked about.

But while they were there the days were fulfilled for her delivery.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

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

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly army praising God and saying,

Now there was in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon. He was righteous and devout, and was waiting for the consolation of Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him.

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in age, having lived with her husband seven years, after her girlhood,

There came to him publicans also to be baptized, and they said to him, "Master, what must we do?"

And there was handed him the roll of the prophet Isaiah; and unrolling it he found the place where it was written,

In very truth I tell you there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

"And there were many lepers in Israel in the days of the prophet Elisha, yet none of them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian."

And there was in the synagogue a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. He cried out, in a loud voice, saying.

Another time when he was in one of their cities, there was a man there full of leprosy. And he, upon seeing Jesus, fell on his face and implored him. "Lord," he said, "if only you choose you can make me clean."

But Jesus himself habitually withdrew into solitary places, and there used to pray.

And behold there came men carrying a paralytic on a bed; and they tried to bring him and lay him before Jesus, but they could not because of the crowd.

Levi also made him a great reception at his house. There was a large party of tax-gatherers and others who were dining with them.

"But there is coming a day when the Bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then at that time they will fast."

On another Sabbath he went into a synagogue and was teaching; and there was there a man whose right hand was withered.

He was all along aware of their thoughts; and he said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise, and stand there in the midst."

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.

"There is no disciple who is above his master; But every one when he is completely trained will be like his master.

"For there is not good tree which bears worthless fruit, nor again any worthless tree which bears good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit.

Now when he drew near the gate of the city, behold, they were there carrying out one who was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.

Now there was a woman who was in the city, a sinner and when she knew that that Jesus was reclining at meat in the Pharisees house, she brought an alabaster vase of perfume,

"There were once to men," said Jesus, "in debt to one money-lender. One owed him fifty pounds; the other five.

"For is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed; there is nothing secret which shall not be made known and come to the light.

There came to him his mother and his brothers, and they could not reach him because of the crowd.

So they set sail. While they were sailing he fell asleep. And there fell on the lake a squall of wind, so that the boat began to fill, and they to be in deadly peril.

Then they came to him and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are lost!" Then he awoke, and rebuked the winds and the raging of the sea. They ceased, and there was a calm.

Now there was a great herd of swine feeding on the hillside, and the demons begged him to give them leave to enter them. He gave them leave.

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;

"Into whatever house you enter, there stay, and thence depart.

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

So they ate and were filled, all of them. And there was picked up that which remained over to them, of broken pieces, twelve basketfuls.

"But I tell you truly there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God."

And suddenly there were two men talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah.

And while he was saying this, there came a cloud and began to overshadow them; and they were awestruck as they entered into the cloud.

Now there arose a dispute among them as to which one of them was the greatest.

"And if there be any son of peace there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not it shall return to you.

And he said to him. "What is written in the Law? What do you read there?"

"What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?

"Then it goes off and fetches seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first."

When the crowd were beginning to throng about him he proceeded to say. "This is an evil generation! It seeks a sign, and there shall be no sign be given to it except the sign of Jonah;

"There is nothing hidden which shall not be revealed; nothing concealed that shall not be known.

"For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.

"From this time there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three;

Then he said to the crowd also. "When you see a cloud rising in the west you at once say, 'There is going to be a shower,' and it comes to pass.

"And when you feel the south winds blowing you say, 'There will be a hot wind,' and it comes to pass.

"You shall by no means come out of there until you have paid the very last farthing."

Now there were some present at that very season who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day."

teaching as he journeyed toward Jerusalem. And a man came behind him and said, "Lord are there but few that are saved?"

"'depart from me, all of you, you evil-doers.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out.

"And lo, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last."

That very day there came some Pharisees to him, saying, "Get out of here and go away, for Herod wishes to kill you."

And lo! there was in front of him a man who had dropsy.

"And the slave said, 'My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.'

"I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.

"Even so I tell you there is joy in the presence of the angels for God over one sinner who repents."

And he said: "There was a man who had two sons.

"Not many days after that the younger son gathered everything together and took his journey into a distant country; and there he wasted his money on living unsavingly.

"After he had spent everything there came a terrible famine in the land, and he began to be in want.

To his disciples he said: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and this steward was accused to him of wasting his property.

"Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor.

"But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you to us.'

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

"Are there none found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner?"

"nor will they say, 'Look here it is!' or 'See there!'??or the kingdom of God is now in your midst."

"And they shall say to you, 'Lo there! Lo there!' But do not go away or follow them.

"I tell you that in one night there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other left.

"There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken and the other left."

"Where, Master?" they asked him. "Where the dead body is," he answered, "there will the vultures be gathered together."

"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 he said to them, "In Solemn truth I tell you that there is no one who, for the sake of the kingdom of God, has left houses, or wife, or brother, or parents, or children,

As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind man who sat by the wayside begging.

There was a man there, called Zaccheus, who was a chief of the tax-gatherers, and was wealthy.

On one of the days while he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the gospel, there came up the priest and the Scribes with the elders.

Then he began to tell the people this parable. "There was a man who planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went to another country for a long time.

Next came some of the Sadducees who deny that there is resurrection, and they asked him.

"Now there were seven brothers. the first took a wife and died childless,

"and there shall be great earthquakes, and, in many places, famines and pestilences; and there shall be terror and great portents from heaven.

"And there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars; and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and the billows;

"Then he will show you a large upper room furnished. There make your preparations."

And there arose also a dispute among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest,

(And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.)

While he was still speaking there came a crowd, and he who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus in order to kiss him,

And there were led out with him to be executed, two criminals also.

When they came to the place called "The Skull," there they crucified him and the criminals also, one upon his right hand, and one upon his left.

For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And one of the criminals who had been hung there kept reviling him, saying. "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us."

Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good man and a righteous,

They stood still, looking sad. And one of them named Cleopas, answered him, "Do you sojourn alone in Jerusalem, that you do not know what things have been happening there these days?"

"and found that his body was not there; then they came and told us that besides they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.