But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.

Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

And all flesh will see the salvation of God.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.

And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.

If then you will give worship to me, it will all be yours.

He will give his angels orders to take care of you:

And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.

Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?

The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.

How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?

And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.

So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well.

And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.

Saying, The Son of man will undergo much and be put on one side by the rulers and the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and be put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

But truly I say to you, Some of those who are here now will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God.

And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.

Let these words go deep into your ears, for the Son of man will be given up into the hands of men.

And when they were on the way, a certain man said to him, I will come after you wherever you go.

And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.

But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,

I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.

But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.

And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.

See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.

And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.

Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?

I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.

He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.

And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.

The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.

If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was put to death between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to you, It will come on this generation.

But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.

But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.

And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.

And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:

For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.

And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.