most excellent Theophilus, that thou mayst know the certainty of the things wherein thou hast been instructed.

but the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias; for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John:

and now shalt thou be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass; because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled at their season.

And when the angel came in to the room to her, he said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured; the Lord is with thee;

blessed art thou among women! and when she saw him, she was confused at what he said, and pondered in her mind what sort of salutation this could be.

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favor with God:

and behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS:

and she cried out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb:

And thou, my child, shalt be called the prophet of the most High; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord,

and blessed God, and said, "Now, Lord, thou dismissest thy servant in peace, according to thy word;

for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast provided in the sight of all people,

And when they saw Him, they were amazed. And his mother said to Him, Son, why didst thou deal thus with us? behold, thy father and I with grief have been seeking for thee.

the heaven was opened, and the holy Spirit descended in a corporeal form, like a dove upon Him, and there came a voice from heaven saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

And the devil said to Him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.

Therefore, if thou wilt but worship me, they all shall be thine.

And Jesus answering him said with indignation, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.

And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set him on a battlement of the temple, and said to Him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence;

to keep thee, and they shall bear thee up in their hands, least thou dash thy foot against a stone.

And Jesus answered him, it is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

saying, Let us alone, what hast thou to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know who thou art, the holy one of God:

And demons also came out from many, crying out, Thou art the Messiah the Son of God. And He rebuked them, and suffered them not to say, that they knew Him to be the Christ.

as were also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Be not afraid, from henceforth thou shalt be a captor of men.

And when He was in one of the cities of that country, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus, fell prostrate to Him, and besought Him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.

And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed: and immediately the leprosy departed from him.

But why dost thou look at the chaff in thy brother's eye, and takest no notice of the beam that is in thine own?

or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother let me take out the splinter that is in thine eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou wilt see distinctly how to take out the chaff that is in thy brother's eye.

So Jesus went with them. And when He was now not far from the house, the centurion sent some of his friends to Him, saying Lord, trouble not thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof:

and sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou He that was to come, or are we to expect another?

And the men came to Him, and said, John the baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou He that was to come, or are we to expect another?

And Simon answered, I suppose he to whom he forgave most. And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged:

and turning to the woman, He said to Simon, Dost thou see this woman? I came into thine house, and thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she has bathed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

Thou gavest me not the respect of a kiss; but this woman, ever since she came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

Thou didst not anoint my head with common oil, but she hath anointed even my feet with sweet ointment.

But when he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down to Him, and said with a loud voice, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me.

And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied it, Peter, and those that were with him, said, Sir, the multitudes throng and press thee, and dost thou ask, Who was it that touched me?

And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, as Elias did?

And as they were going by the way, there was one said to Him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest:

but Jesus said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their dead; but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

And thou Capernaum, which art exalted even to heaven, shalt be cast down to hell.

At this time Jesus was transported with joy in his spirit and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and knowing, and hast revealed them to babes: even so, Father, for such was thy good pleasure.

He said to him, What is written in the law? How readest thou there?

And he answered, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbor as thyself.

And He said unto him, Thou hast answered right; do this and thou shalt live.

And on the morrow, when he went away he took out two denaries, and gave them to the inn-keeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will repay thee.

Which now of these three dost thou think was neighbor to him that fell among the thieves?

And he said, He that took pity on him. Therefore said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou in like manner.

But Martha, being perplexed about much serving, came to Him and said, Lord, dost thou not regard it, that my sister has left me to serve alone? speak to her therefore that she may help me.

And Jesus said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and in a hurry about many things: but one thing is necessary.

As He was speaking these things, a certain woman lifted up her voice from amidst the croud, and said, Happy is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck!

And one of the doctors of the law answered and said unto Him, Master, in saying these things thou reproachest us also.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast plenty of goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

Then said Peter unto Him, Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us only, or to all others likewise?

When thou art going with thine adversary to the magistrate, endeavour while thou art in the way to be discharged, least he force thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer carry thee to prison.

I tell thee, thou shalt not come out from thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

The Lord therefore answered him and said, Thou hypocrite, does not any of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering?

and thou hast taught in our streets, But He will say, I tell you, I know you not, whence ye are; depart from me all ye workers of iniquity:

When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not sit down in the uppermost place, least one more honorable than thou be invited by him;

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

But when thou art invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, that, when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then wilt thou have honor before them that sit at table with thee:

He said also to him that had invited Him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, do not invite thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor thy rich neighbors; least they invite thee again, and so a return be made thee.

But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind; and thou shalt be happy;

But he answered and said to his father, Behold so many years as I serve thee, nor have I ever transgressed thy command, and yet thou hast never given me a kid, to be merry with my friends:

but as soon as this thy son was come, who hath eaten up thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

And he said unto him, Son, thou art always with me, and all that I have is thine.

And he called him, and said unto him, What is this I hear of thee? give up the accounts of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

So he called his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my master? and he said, an hundred baths of oil.

Then he said to another, And how much owest thou? and he said, an hundred measures of wheat: and he said to him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

And Abraham said, Son, remember that thou receivedst thy good things in thy life-time, and likewise Lazarus his evils: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

Then he said, Therefore I intreat thee, Father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house:

And if he trespass against thee seven times a day, and seven times in a day return to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith but as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this sycamine-tree, Be thou rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

But will he not rather say to him, Get ready my supper, and gird thyself, and wait upon me, till I have done, and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink.

And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is 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.

But when Jesus heard these things He said unto him, Thou yet wantest one thing, Sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

And he cried out, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have compassion on me.

He asked him, saying, What wouldst thou that I should do for thee? And he said, Lord, that I may recover my sight.

And he said to him, Well done, thou good servant, as thou hast been faithful in a very little, thou shalt be governor over ten cities.

and he said to this likewise, Be thou also over five cities.

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

But he said to him, Out of thy own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant, Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow;

and why then didst thou not put my money into the bank, that when I came I might have received it with interest?

saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at lest in this thy day, the things relating to thy peace--- but now they are hid from thine eyes.

and shall lay thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another: because thou didst not regard the time of thy visitation.

Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who it is that gave thee this authority?

And they asked Him, saying, Master, we know that thou speakest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person of any, but teachest the way of God in truth:

And some of the scribes replied, Master, thou hast indeed said right.

Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool."

And they said unto Him, Where wouldst thou have us prepare it?

but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

But He replied, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before thou hast thrice denied that thou knowest me.

Father, if thou art willing take away this cup from me---nevertheless, not my will but thine be done.

and Jesus said to him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

And after a little while another person seeing him said, And thou art one of them: but Peter said, Man, I am not.

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

And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter; and Peter called to mind the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, Before the cock crow thou wilt deny me thrice.

and said to Him, Art thou the Messiah? tell us. And He said unto them, If I should tell you, ye would not believe:

And they all said, Art thou then the Son of God?