Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us,

as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --

and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.

And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

and happy is she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.'

For He who is mighty did to me great things, And holy is His name,

He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, 'John is his name;' and they did all wonder;

and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, 'What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying,

Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people,

And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, 'We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'

And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them;

because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,

and she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know,

And he said unto them, 'Why is it that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,

Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, 'Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?

and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,

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.'

forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

And Jesus did rebuke him, saying, 'Be silenced, and come forth out of him;' and the demon having cast him into the midst, came forth from him, having hurt him nought;

And having risen out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon, and the mother-in-law of Simon was pressed with a great fever, and they did ask him about her,

And at the setting of the sun, all, as many as had any ailing with manifold sicknesses, brought them unto him, and he on each one of them his hands having put, did heal them.

And demons also were coming forth from many, crying out and saying -- 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of God;' and rebuking, he did not suffer them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.

And Jesus answering said unto them, 'Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did take, and did eat, and gave also to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?'

And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, 'Stretch forth thy hand;' and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

'And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'

for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

And having heard these things Jesus wondered at him, and having turned to the multitude following him, he said, 'I say to you, not even in Israel so much faith did I find;'

and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;

and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- 'A great prophet hath risen among us,' and -- 'God did look upon His people.'

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, 'This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'

And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, 'Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;

a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what time I came in, did not cease kissing my feet;

with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;

therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'

'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 other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.

'And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.

and he said to them, 'Where is your faith?' and they being afraid did wonder, saying unto one another, 'Who, then, is this, that even the winds he doth command, and the water, and they obey him?'

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 the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back.

'Turn back to thy house, and tell how great things God did to thee;' and he went away through all the city proclaiming how great things Jesus did to him.

And Jesus said, 'Some one did touch me, for I knew power having gone forth from me.'

and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, 'Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;

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 by certain, that Elijah did appear, and by others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;

and Herod said, 'John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,

and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

and they did so, and made all to recline;

and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

And they were all amazed at the greatness of God, and while all are wondering at all things that Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,

and they did not receive him, because his face was going on to Jerusalem.

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?'

for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save;' and they went on to another village.

and Jesus said to him, 'Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'

And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.'

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 he said, 'He who did the kindness with him,' then Jesus said to him, 'Be going on, and thou be doing in like manner.'

And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,

but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.'

but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.

and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.

unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?

'Woe to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'

and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.

'Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

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 there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;

And he spake this simile: 'A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

and Jesus having seen her, did call her near, and said to her, 'Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;'

and this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Adversary bound, lo, eighteen years, did it not behove to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?'

It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee,

and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.

because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.