it seemed right to me also, having obtained accurate knowledge of all things from above, to write to thee in regular order, most excellent Theophilus,

And it came to pass, as he discharged his priestly office in the order of his periodical ministration before God,

according to the custom of the priesthood, it fell to his lot to burn the incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

And all the multitude of people was praying without, at the time of the burning the incense.

And Zacharias was agitated greatly at the sight, and fear fell upon him.

And it shall give thee joy and exultation; and many shall rejoice at his birth:

And Zacharias said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am old, and my wife far advanced in her age.

And behold, thou shalt be dumb, and unable to speak, until that day when these things shall come to pass, because thou hast not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled at their exact time.

And when he came out, he could not speak to them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he himself made signs to them, and continued deaf and dumb.

And it came to pass, when the days of his ministry were fulfilled, he went to his own house.

And when she saw him, she was greatly agitated at his address: and reasoned in herself what kind of salutation this could be.

Then said Mary, Behold a servant of the Lord, be it to me according to thy declaration. And the angel departed from her.

And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped for joy in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

And it came to pass, on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him after the name of his father, Zacharias.

And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

Instantly then his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he burst out in praises to God.

And all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, Well! what a child will this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered.

And it came to pass, while they were there, that her time was up, that she should be delivered.

And it came to pass, as the angels went from them into heaven, the men, the shepherds, said also to each other, Let us now go to Bethlehem, and see this thing which hath happened, which the Lord hath made known to us.

and when they saw it, they made a public report of the declaration delivered to them respecting this child.

And all who heard it, marvelled at the things told them by the shepherds.

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising the child, his name also was called JESUS, the name imposed by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male child, that openeth the womb, shall be called holy to the Lord;

and to offer a sacrifice, according to what is prescribed in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.

And, behold, there was a man at Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

And it had been divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, till he had seen the Lord's Messiah.

And he came by the spirit into the temple; just as the parents were bringing in the child Jesus, that they might do according to what was the custom of the law concerning him;

And Joseph and his mother were amazed at the things spoken concerning him.

though she was now a widow, of about eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, attending the divine service, with fastings and prayers night and day:

and at the very same moment coming up, she also in turn confessed the Lord, and spake of him to all who were expecting redemption in Jerusalem.

And his parents went annually to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.

And when they had concluded the days, as they were returning, the child Jesus remained at Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother knew it not:

And it came to pass after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.

And all who heard him, were in a transport of admiration, at his understanding and answers.

And they understood not the meaning of what he spake to them.

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths strait:

He said, therefore, to the multitudes who came out to be baptised by him, Ye broods of vipers, who hath warned you to fly from the approaching wrath?

Produce then fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then shall we do?

Then came also the farmers of the taxes to be baptised, and they said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

And the military men also asked him, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Extort nothing by force; nor turn informers; and be content with your pay.

whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and collect the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

Now it came to pass, at the time when John was baptising all the people, that Jesus also was baptised, and as he prayed, the heaven was opened,

of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,

being tempted forty days by the devil; and did eat nothing during those days: and when they were ended, afterwards he was hungry.

And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become a loaf.

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."

and the devil said unto him, I will give thee all this authority, and the glory of these; for to me it is delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I give it.

And Jesus answering him, said, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to him alone shalt thou pay divine honour."

for it is written, "He shall give his angels a charge over thee, to guard thee safely;

and that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."

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

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and a report went out into all the region round about concerning him.

And there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah: and unrolling the volume, he found the passage where it is written,

And rolling up the volume, he gave it to the attendant officer, and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were attentively fixed on him.

And all concurred in their testimony to him, and marvelled at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

And he said unto them, Ye will probably say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself! the works which we have heard to have been performed by thee at Capernaum, do the like here in thy own country.

And unto none of them was Elias sent, but unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a widow woman.

and rising up, dragged him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill, on which their city was built, in order to cast him down headlong:

And they were struck with astonishment at his teaching; for his discourse was with authority.

And there was in the synagogue a man, who had a spirit of an unclean devil, and he roared out with a great cry,

saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus the Nazarean? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Stop thy mouth, and come out of him. And the devil throwing him down into the midst, came out of him, doing him no injury.

And amazement seized on all present, and they spake one to another, saying, What a word is this? for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

Then rising up out of the synagogue, he came into the house of Simon: and Simon's mother-in-law was seized with a violent fever, and they besought him on her behalf.

And standing over her, he charged the fever [to depart]; and it left her: and immediately she arose, and waited upon them.

And devils also went out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Messiah the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was the Messiah.

And as the day was coming on, he went forth and departed into a desert place: and the multitude sought him out, and came to him, and would have detained him that he should not leave them.

AND it came to pass, as the multitude were thronging upon him, in order to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:

and he saw two vessels a-ground near the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and washing their nets.

Then he went on board one of the vessels, which was Simon's, and desired him to put off a little from the land: and sitting down, he taught the multitudes out of the vessel.

And Simon answering, said unto him, Sir, we have been toiling all night, and have taken nothing: but at thy command I will shoot the net.

Then Simon Peter seeing it, fell down on his knees before Jesus, saying, Go from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord!

For amazement had seized on him, and on all who were with him, at the draught of fishes which they had taken:

And it came to pass as he was just at one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy! and seeing Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

And he stretching out his hand touched him, saying, I will: be thou cleansed. And instantly the leprosy departed from him.

And on a certain day it happened that he was teaching, and there were sitting Pharisees, and doctors of the law, who had come from every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord for healing them was exercised.

And not discovering by what means they could introduce him, because of the crowd, they went up to the roof, and through the tiling let him down with his little couch into the midst, before Jesus.

And after these things he went out, and saw a farmer of the taxes, named Levi, sitting at the custom-house: and he said unto him, Follow me.

And Levi made him a great entertainment at his house and there was a great number of publicans and others, sitting at table with them.

And their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; for if he doth, the new wine will burst the bottles, and it will itself be spilled, and the bottles be destroyed.

AND it came to pass on the sabbath after the second day of the passover, that he was passing through the cornfields; and the disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them out in their hands.

And Jesus answering said to them; Have ye never read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him?

how he entered into the house of God, and took the loaves of shew-bread, and did eat, and gave also to those who were with him; which it was not lawful for any to eat, but the priests alone?

And it came to pass on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and a man was there, and his right hand was shrunk.

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you a question; Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath-day, or to do evil? to preserve life or to destroy it?

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

But they were filled with madness, and talked earnestly to each other what they could do to Jesus.

Now it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray and continued all night in an oratory of God.

And when it was day, he called his disciples to him; and elected from them twelve, whom he named Apostles:

And all the multitude strove to touch him, for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall revile you, and shall cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

And if ye love them that love you, what thanks are due to you? for even sinners love those who love them.

And if ye do good to them who do good to you, what thanks have ye? do not even sinners the same thing?

And if ye lend to those, from whom ye hope to receive back again, what thanks are due to you? for sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive an equivalent.

give, and there shall be given unto you; good measure pressed down, and shook, and running over, shall they give into your lap. For with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured back to you again.

Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, permit me to take off the mote which is on thine eye, not seeing thyself the beam in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite! cast out the beam which is in thine eye, and then shalt thou see distinctly to take off the mote which is in thy brother's eye.

A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, produceth what is good; and a wicked man, from the evil treasure in his heart, produceth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.