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

And behold Elizabeth thy kinswoman, indeed, herself having conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month, to her who is called barren.

And they said to her; That there is no one among thy kindred who is called by this name.

salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those who hate us,

because this day a Savior is born unto you, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.

and she a widow of about fourscore years, who did not depart from the temple, worshiping night and day with fastings and prayers.

Then he said unto the multitudes coming out to be baptized by him; O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And the devil said to Him, I will give all the authority and glories of these to thee: because it has been given unto me: and I give it to whom I may wish;

saying, Let me alone; what is there to us and to thee, O Jesus the Nazarene? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were companions to Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now you shall be catching men.

And He was in one of the cities, and was teaching; and there were many Pharisees and theologians, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

And behold, men carrying a man on a couch, who was paralyzed; and were seeking to bring him in, and place him before Him.

And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, Who is this one who speaketh blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins, except God only?

And Levi made a great feast for Him in his own house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were sitting along with Him.

And when it was day, He called His disciples to Him: and having chosen twelve from them, whom He also named apostles;

Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John. Philip and Bartholomew,

and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became His betrayer.

And having come down with them, He stood upon a level place, and a great multitude of His disciples, and a great crowd of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and Tyre and Sidon by the sea, who came to hear Him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Blessed are ye who hunger now: because ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye who weep now: because ye shall laugh.

Woe unto you who are full! because you shall hunger. Woe unto you who are now laughing because you shall weep and mourn.

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who despitefully use you.

If you love those who love you, what grace is there to you? for even sinners love those who love them.

And if you may lend to those from whom you may hope to receive, what grace is there to you? for sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive back the equivalent.

Every one coming to me, and hearing my words, and doing the same, I will show you to whom he is like.

He is like unto a man building a house, who dug and went down deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock: and there being a flood, the river broke against that house, and it was not able to shake it; for it was founded on the rock.

And the servant of a certain centurion, being sick, was about to die, who was precious to him.

And they, having come to Jesus, continued to entreat Him earnestly, saying, That he to whom He will do this is worthy:

But what went you out into the wilderness to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold those who are in gaudy apparel and luxury, are in royal palaces.

This is he concerning whom it has been written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee.

Then to whom shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?

Behold, a woman who was a sinner, in the city, also having learned that He is dining in the house of the Pharisee, breaking an alabaster box of myrrh,

And the Pharisee, having invited Him, seeing, spoke within himself, saying, If He were a prophet, He would know who and what kind the woman is, who touches Him, because she is a sinner.

Simon responding said, I perceive, that he, to whom he forgave the more. And He said to him, You answered correctly.

Therefore I say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but he to whom little is forgiven, loveth little.

And those sitting along with Him began to say among themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins?

And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

and Joanna the wife of Chuzas the steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many other women, who were accustomed to minister unto Him from those things belonging to them.

And there are those who hear by the wayside; then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest they believing may be saved.

And those on the stones are they who, when they may hear, receive the word with joy; and they have no root in them, who believe for a time, and in time of temptation they fall away.

And that which falleth among thorns, there are those who hear, and going forward, by the cares and riches and pleasures are choked out, and bring forth no fruit to perfection.

And He said to them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid were astonished, saying to one another, Who then is this, because He commands the winds and the water, and they obey Him?

And a certain man from the city, who a long time had demons, and did not wear clothing, and did not remain in the house, but in the tombs; met Him having come to the land.

And they came out to see that which had happened; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the demons had gone, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.

And the man out of whom the demons had gone prayed to be with Him. And Jesus sent him away, saying,

Behold, a man to whom was the name Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and falling at the feet of Jesus, he continued to intreat Him to come into his house;

And a woman being in an issue of blood twelve years, who having expended all her living with physicians, was not able to be healed by any of them,

And Jesus said, Who is the one having touched me? And all denying, Peter and the disciples with Him said, The multitudes crowd thee and press upon thee, and dost thou say, Who is the one having touched me?

And Herod said, I beheaded John: but who is this, concerning whom I hear these things? And he was seeking to see Him.

It came to pass, while He was praying alone, His disciples came to Him. And He asked them, saying, Whom do the multitudes say that I am?

And He said to them, But whom do you say that I am? And Peter responding said, The Christ of God.

And truly I say unto you, There are some of those standing here, who may not taste of death, until they may see the kingdom of God.

And behold two men were talking with Him, who were Moses and Elijah:

who being seen in glory, was speaking of His departure which He was about to perfect in Jerusalem.

And Peter and those who were along with Him, were burdened with sleep. And having watched through the night, they saw His glory and the two men who were standing with him.

and said to them, Whosoever may receive this little child in my name receives me; and whosoever may receive me receives him that sent me. For he who is least among you all, the same shall be great.

and heal the sick who are in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God has come nigh unto you.

And turning to His disciples, He said, All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, except the Father; and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom He may wish to reveal Him.

But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

Jesus responding said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and fell among thieves, who indeed having stripped him of his raiment, administered blows, went away, leaving him half dead.

Which one of these three seems to you to have been the neighbor of him who fell among the thieves?

And there was a sister to her called Mary, who indeed sitting down at the feet of the Lord, continued to hear his word:

If then you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, then how much more will your Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?

But if I through Beelzebul cast out the demons, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges:

from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

Woe unto you, theologians! because you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not come in, and you prohibited those who were coming in.

But I will show you whom you must fear: Fear him, who after he kills has power to cast into hell. Yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

But I say unto you, that every one who may confess me before the people, the Son of man will also confess him before the angels of God.

And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him having blasphemed against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

And He said to him; Man, who established me judge or a divider over you?

But God said to him, Thou fool, this night they are demanding thy soul from thee; and to whom shall those things which thou hast prepared, belong?

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord having come will find watching: truly I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and have them sit down, and having come will serve them.

The Lord said, Who then is the faithful, wise steward, whom the lord will establish over his house-hold, to give them their food in season?

Happy is that servant, whom his lord having come shall thus find watching.

But the one not knowing, and doing things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. But to every one to whom much is given, much will be required of him: and to whom they commit much, of him they will ask the more.

Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Saloam fell, and killed them, do you think that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

Did it not behoove this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bondage on the Sabbath-day?

And He spoke a parable to those whom He had called, warning them that they should not choose the first couches; saying to them,

Because every one who shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

and at the hour, of the supper he sent his servants to say to those who were invited, Come; because they are now ready.

for I say unto you, that no one of these men who have been invited shall taste of my supper.

Lest he having laid the foundation, and being unable to complete it, all who see it may begin to mock him,

Or what king, going forth to engage in war with another king, will not first sitting down counsel if he is able with ten thousand to meet him who is coming against him, with twenty thousand?

Thus then every one of you who does not consecrate all his possessions, is not able to be my disciple.

I say unto you that so there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, rather than ninety and nine just persons who have not need of repentance.

And He also spoke to His disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as wasting his goods.

If therefore you were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the true?

If you were not faithful in the interest of another, who will give you your own?

And He said to them, Ye are those who justify yourselves before the people; but God knows your hearts: because that which is exalted among the people is abomination in the sight of God.

Every one sending away his wife, and marrying another, commits adultery; and the one marrying her who has been sent away by her husband commits adultery.

And He spoke to His disciples, It is impossible for offenses not to come: but woe unto him, through whom they come;

But which one of you, having a servant plowing or serving a shepherd, who will say to him, having come in from the field, Coming hither sit down immediately?

He coming into a certain village, ten lepers met Him, who stood afar off;

In that day, let not him who is on the house, and his goods in the house, come down to take them: and likewise let not him who is in the field turn back.

And those hearing said, And who is able to be saved?

And He said to them, Truly I say unto you, that there is no one who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

who may not receive a hundredfold in this time, and in the coming age eternal life.

And he was seeking to see Jesus, who He is; and was not able on account of the multitude, because he was small in stature.

And it came to pass, when he returned, having received the kingdom, and he said, that those servants should be called, to whom he had given the money, in order that he might know what each one had gained by their merchandise.

and they spoke to Him, saying, Tell us by what authority you are doing these things? Who is the one having given you this authority?

And certain ones of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, coming forward asked Him,