There was in the days of Herod king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And they had no child, for Elisabeth was barren; and they were both far advanced in years.

And it came to pass, while he was in the order of his course performing the priest's office before God,

And when Zacharias saw him, he was startled and struck with fear:

But in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee called Nazareth,

to a virgin who was betrothed to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

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.

thy cousin Elisabeth also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren;

And as soon as Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the child leaped in her womb, and Elisabeth was filled with the holy Spirit:

Now when Elisabeth's time for her delivery was fully come, she brought forth a son:

And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake and praised God.

And all that heard them, laid them up in their hearts, saying, What a child will this be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.

And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Spirit,

And the child grew, and became strong in spirit: and he was in the deserts till the time of his being manifested to Israel.

Now in those days an edict was published by Augustus Cesar, that all the world should be enrolled or taxed,

(this tax was first levied when Cyrenius was governor of Syria) and they all went to be enrolled,

was of the house and line of David) to be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was big with child.

and she brought forth her son, the first-born, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And on a sudden there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host,

And when eight days were fulfilled for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, having been so called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

And there was a man at Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and he was a just and a religious man, who expected the consolation of Israel; and the holy Spirit was upon him.

And it was revealed to him by the holy Spirit, that he should not die before he had seen the Anointed of the Lord.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser; who was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her first marrying,

And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

and when He was twelve years old, going up to Jerusalem, as usual at the feast, and having finished the time,

Then He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis,

Now, when all the people were baptized, and Jesus was baptized and praying,

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 Jesus was then about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Now Jesus being full of the holy Spirit, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted by the devil;

and He did eat nothing in all those days: and when they were ended, at last He was hungry.

And Jesus returned by the influence of the Spirit into Galilee: and a fame was spread through all the country round about concerning Him:

And there was delivered to Him the book of the prophet Esaias; and opening the book, He found the place where it was written,

And I assure you, there were many widows in Israel, in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, and there was a great famine through all the land;

but Elias was sent to none of those widows, but to a widow-woman at Sarepta in the territory of Sidon.

There were also many lepers in Israel, in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed; but Naaman the Syrian was.

and they rose up and drove Him out of the city, and dragged Him to the brow of the hill, on which their city was built, in order to throw Him down the precipice.

And there was a man in the synagogue possessed by the spirit of an impure demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

And when the day was coming on, He went out and retired into a solitary place; and the people sought for Him, and came to Him, and would fain have detained Him, that He might not go from them.

He went into one of them, which was Simon's, and desired him to put off a little way from the shore: and He sat down and taught the multitudes from the ship.

And when they had done this, they inclosed a multitude of fishes; and their net was breaking.

for he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of fishes which they had taken;

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 one day, as He was teaching, there were pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present to heal the people:

and behold, some men bringing on a couch a man that was paralytic; and they endeavoured to bring him in, and lay him before Him:

And Levi made Him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great number of publicans, and others at table with them.

And it came to pass on the second-sabbath after the first, that as He was passing through the corn-fields, his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and rubbed them in their hands and ate them.

And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read what David did, when he himself was hungry and those that were with him? how he went into the house of God,

And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that He went into a synagogue and taught; and there was a man there, whose right hand was withered.

And looking round upon them all, He said to the man, Stretch out thine hand: and he did so, and his hand was made as sound as the other.

And when it was day, He called his disciples to Him: and chose out twelve from among them, whom He also named his apostles:

and Judas Iscariot, who was the traitor:)

he is like a man who in building an house digged deep, and laid the foundation upon a rock; and when a flood came, the torrent beat violently against that house, but could not shake it, for it was founded upon a rock.

But he that heareth and observeth not, is like a man that built an house upon the ground without any foundation, which the flood beat violently upon, and immediately it fell down, and the ruin of that house was great.

whom he had a great value for, was ill and ready to die;

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 as He came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carrying out to be buried, his mother's only son, and she was a widow: and many of the people of the city were with her.

And when the Lord saw her, He was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, Do not weep.

And this report of Him was spread through all Judea, and in all the country round about.

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 behold a woman in the city, that was a sinner, when she knew that He was at table in the pharisee's house,

And when a great multitude was gathered together, of those that came to Him out of every city, He spake a parable saying,

A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he was sowing, some fell by the way-side, and was trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured it.

and it was told Him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to see thee.

And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, Master, master, we are perishing. Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there was a calm.

And when He was landed, there met Him a man out of the city, who had been possessed by demons a long while, and wore no clothes, and abode in no dwelling but the tombs.

(For He commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man; which had oftentimes seized him so violently, that tho' he was bound with chains and fetters, yet he broke the bands asunder, and was driven by the demon into those lonely places.)

but as there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, they intreated Him that He would suffer them to enter into them, and He permitted them.

And when those that looked after them saw what was done they fled; and went and told it in city and country:

and the people went out to see what was done, and came to Jesus; and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind:

and they were afraid, for those that saw it told them how the demoniac was healed.

And behold there came a man whose name was Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, and he fell at the feet of Jesus, and intreated Him to come into his house:

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. (But as He was going, the people crouded Him:

but could not be healed by any, came close behind Him and touched the hem of his garment, and immediately her flux was stopt.

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 the woman saw that she was not concealed, she came trembling, and fell down to Him, and declared before all the people, for what reason she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately.

While He was yet speaking, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's, and said to Him, Thy daughter is dead, trouble not the Master.

And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.

And her parents were exceedingly astonished: but He charged them to tell no one what was done.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things that were done by Him; and was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was risen from the dead;

and by some that Elias had appeared; and by others, that one of the ancient prophets was risen again.

And they did eat, and were all satisfied: and there was taken up what remained even of fragments twelve baskets.

And it came to pass, as He was praying in private, his disciples were with Him: and He asked them saying, Whom say the people that I am?

And as He was praying the form of his countenance was altered, and his raiment white and glistering:

who appeared in glory, and spake of his exit, which He was to make at Jerusalem.

And as he was saying this, there came a cloud and overshadowed them; and they were afraid, when they went up into the cloud and disappeared.

And when the voice was uttered, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it to themselves, and told no one at that time any of the things which they had seen.

And as he was coming along, the devil bruised and convulsed him: but Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him to his father.

But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, so that they perceived it not, and they were afraid to ask Him concerning it.

But they would not entertain Him, because his face was towards Jerusalem.

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

After these things the Lord appointed also seventy others, and sent them two and two before Him, into every city and place, whither He himself was about to come.

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.

And Jesus replying said, There was a certain man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among thieves, who after they had stripped and beaten him, went away, leaving him half dead.

But a certain Samaritan, as he was travelling, came up to him, and when He saw him,

he was moved with compassion, and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and setting him upon his own beast, brought him to an inn and took care of him.

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

And as He was praying in a certain retired place, as soon as He had done, one of his disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.