that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.

But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.

And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, thou favoured one! the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women.

And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

and cried out with a loud voice and said, Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed the fruit of thy womb.

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

Lord, now thou lettest thy bondman go, according to thy word, in peace;

which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

And when they saw him they were amazed: and his mother said to him, Child, why hast thou dealt thus with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee distressed.

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.

And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.

If therefore thou wilt do homage before me, all of it shall be thine.

And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the edge of the temple, and said to him, If thou be Son of God, cast thyself down hence;

and on their hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise thou strike thy foot against a stone.

And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

and demons also went out from many, crying out and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

and in like manner also on James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be catching men.

And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed: and immediately the leprosy departed from him.

But why lookest thou on the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye?

or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me, I will cast out the mote that is in thine eye, thyself not seeing the beam that is in thine eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother.

But they, being come to Jesus, besought him diligently, saying, He is worthy to whom thou shouldest grant this,

And Jesus went with them. But already, when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent to him friends, saying to him, Lord, do not trouble thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.

and John, having called two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

But the men having come to him said, John the baptist has sent us to thee, saying, Art thou he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

And Simon answering said, I suppose he to whom he forgave the most. And he said to him, Thou hast rightly judged.

And turning to the woman he said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gavest me not water on my feet, but she has washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.

Thou gavest me not a kiss, but she from the time I came in has not ceased kissing my feet.

My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but she has anointed my feet with myrrh.

And Jesus said, Who has touched me? But all denying, Peter and those with him said, Master, the crowds close thee in and press upon thee, and sayest thou, Who has touched me?

And his disciples James and John seeing it said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak that fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?

And it came to pass as they went in the way, one said to him, I will follow thee wheresoever thou goest, Lord.

But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.

And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades.

In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

And he said to him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

But he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thine understanding; and thy neighbour as thyself.

And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and thou shalt live.

And on the morrow as he left, taking out two denarii he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shalt expend more, I will render to thee on my coming back.

And he said, He that shewed him mercy. And Jesus said to him, Go, and do thou likewise.

Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;

And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

And one of the doctors of the law answering says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?

For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.

and if it shall bear fruit but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.

And Jesus, seeing her, called to her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;

When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,

and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this man, and then thou begin with shame to take the last place.

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:

and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not the means to recompense thee; for it shall be recompensed thee in the resurrection of the just.

And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.

But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:

but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

But he said to him, Child, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

And having called him, he said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

And having called to him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

Then he said to another, And thou, how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he says to him, Take thy writing and write eighty.

But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.

And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,

And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times should return to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.

But the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye had said to this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

But will he not say to him, Prepare what I shall sup on, and gird thyself and serve me that I may eat and drink; and after that thou shalt eat and drink?

But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God.

Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me.

What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he said, Lord, that I may see.

And he said to him, Well done, thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.

And he said also to this one, And thou, be over five cities.

For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.

He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that I am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.

And why didst thou not give my money to the bank; and I should have received it, at my coming, with interest?

saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes;

and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children in thee; and shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation.

and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?

And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest no man's person, but teachest with truth the way of God:

And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.

But they said to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare it?

but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.

And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow to-day before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

saying, Father, if thou wilt remove this cup from me: but then, not my will, but thine be done.

And Jesus said to him, Judas, deliverest thou up the Son of man with a kiss?

And after a short time another seeing him said, And thou art of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.

And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he was yet speaking, the cock crew.

And the Lord, turning round, looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, Before the cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice.

If thou art the Christ, tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, ye will not at all believe;

And they all said, Thou then art the Son of God? And he said to them, Ye say that I am.

And Pilate demanded of him saying, Art thou the king of the Jews? And he answering him said, Thou sayest.

and saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.