And you will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth;

for he will be great before the Lord; and he will drink no wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

And many of the sons of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God.

And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.

He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His father David;

And the angel, answering, said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; wherefore also the Holy Thing that is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

because He looked upon the lowliness of His handmaid; for, behold, from the present time all generations will call me happy;

And this is the sign to you: ye will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger."

"Glory to God in the highest; and, on earth, peace among men of good will!"

John answered, saying to them all, "I, indeed, immerse you in water; but He is coming, Who is mightier than I??he latchet of Whose sandals I am not worthy to loose??e will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;

Whose fan is in His hand, thoroughly to cleanse His threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into His granary; but the chaff He will burn up with unquenchable fire."

And the Devil said to Him, "To Thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them; because to me it has been delivered, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

If Thou, therefore, wilt worship before me, it shall all be Thine."

for it has been written, 'He will command His angels concerning you, to keep watch over you;

And He said to them, "Ye will doubtless say to Me this parable, 'Physician, heal Thyself: whatsoever we heard of as done in Capernaum, do also here in Thy own country.'"

And Simon, answering, said, "Master, having toiled through the whole night, we took nothing; but at Thy word I will let down the nets."

and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Fear not; henceforth you will catch men."

And it came to pass, while He was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy; and, when he saw Jesus, falling on his face, he besought Him, saying, "Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean."

But the days will come; and, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."

And He spake also a parable to them: "No one, rending a piece from a new garment, puts it on an old garment; else both the new will cause a rent, and the piece from the new will not agree with the old.

"And no one puts new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be poured out, and the skins will perish.

"Happy, ye who are hungering now; because ye will be filled. "Happy, ye who are weeping now; because ye shall laugh.

"But love your enemies; and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; because He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

"Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will they give into your bosom; for with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."

And He spake also a parable to them: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, suffer me to cast out the mote that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite! cast first the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the mote that is in your brother's eye.

"Every one who comes to Me, and hears My words, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like:

This is he concerning whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send forth My messenger before Thy face, who will prepare Thy way before Thee.'

And, they having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, therefore, will love him the more?"

For whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it; but whosoever will lose his soul for My sake, the same shall save it.

For whosoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when He cometh in His glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels.

And I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will in no wise taste of death, till they see the Kingdom of God."

And, as they were journeying in the way, a certain one said to Him, "I will follow Thee wheresoever Thou goest."

And another said, "I will follow Thee, Lord; but first permit me to bid adieu to those within my house."

And, if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; but, if not, it will return to you.

I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

And, on the morrow, taking out two denaries, he gave them to the host, and said, 'Take care of him; and whatsoever you expend additional, I, when I return, will repay you.'

I say to you, even if he will not, rising up, give to him because of his being his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he, rousing himself, will give him as many as he needs.

or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

If ye, then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"

"When the unclean spirit goes out from the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest; and, not finding it, it says, 'I will return into my house whence I came out.'

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

"The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, something more than Solomon is here.

"The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, something more than Jonah is here.

On this account also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them will they slay, and some will they persecute;

but I will show you Whom ye should fear; fear Him Who, after killing, has authority to cast into Hell; yea, I say to you, fear Him.

"And I say to you, every one who shall confess Me before men, him will the Son of Man confess before the angels of God;

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say."

And he said, 'This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there will I store all my grain and my goods.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.'

for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when coming, shall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them recline; and, coming near, he will serve them.

And the Lord said, "Who, then, is the faithful steward, the wise one, whom his lord will appoint over his household to give the portion of food in due season?

Of a truth I say to you, that he will appoint him over all his goods.

the lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him, and in an hour which he knows not, and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

And that servant who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

but he who knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to whomsoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whomsoever they committed much, of him they will ask the more.

For from this time forth five in one house will be divided, three against two, and two against three;

they will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against the mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law."

And, when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, 'There will be scorching heat!' and it comes to pass.

I tell you, you will in no wise come out thence, till you shall pay even the last mite."

And He said to them, "Strive to enter in through the narrow door; because many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

then ye will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Thy presence, and Thou didst teach in our streets.'

And He will say, 'I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from Me, all ye workers of unrighteousness.'

There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust forth without.

And they will come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall recline at table in the Kingdom of God.

And, behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last."

and He said to them, "Who of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a well, and he will not straight-way draw him up on a sabbath day?"

But, when you are invited, going, sit in the lowest place, that, when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher;' then you will have glory in the presence of all who are reclining at table with you;

and happy shall you be; because they have not wherewith to recompense you; for recompense will be made to you in the resurrection of the righteous."

I say to you, that so there will be joy in Heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

Arising, I will go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I sinned against Heaven, and before you;

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

And, if ye were not faithful in that which is another's, who will give to you your own?

No domestic can serve two lords; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to one, and despise the other: ye cannot serve God and mammon."

But he said, 'Nay, father Abraham; but, if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.'

But he said to him, 'If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rose from the dead.'"

But who is there of you, having a servant plowing, or tending sheep, that will say to him, having come in from the field, 'Coming straightway, recline at table;'

and will not rather say to him, 'Make ready wherewith I may sup; and, having girded yourself, serve me, until I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink?'

nor will they say, 'Lo, here!' or, 'Lo, there!' for, behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."

And He said to the disciples, "There will come days, when ye will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye will not see it.

And they will say to you, 'Lo, there!' or "Lo, here!' go not away, nor follow after them.

"And, as it happened in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man:

Whosoever shall seek to gain his soul shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose it, will preserve it.

I say to you, in that night there will be two men on one bed; the one will be taken, and the other will be left.

There will be two women grinding together; the one will be taken, and the other will be left."

And, answering, they say to Him, "Where, Lord?" and He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the eagles also be gathered together."

yet, because this widow occasions me trouble, I will avenge her, lest, by her persistent coming, she wear me out.'"

And will not God avenge His elect, who are crying to Him day and night, and He is long suffering over them?

I say to you, that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, will the Son of Man, when He cometh, find the faith on the earth?"

And, taking the twelve aside, He said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and all the things, written through the prophets respecting the Son of Man, will be accomplished;

for He will be delivered up to the gentiles, and will be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon,

and they will scourge Him, and kill Him; and, on the third day, He will rise again."

He says to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, O evil servant! You knew that I am a harsh man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping where I did not sow;

saying, "Go your way into the village over against you, in which as ye are entering, ye will find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat; and, having loosed him, bring him.

And, answering, He said, "I tell you that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!"

Because the days will come upon you, when your enemies will cast a rampart about you, and compass you round, and hem you in on all sides;

and they will dash you to the ground, and your children within you; and shall not leave in you a stone upon a stone; because you knew not the season of your visitation."

And, answering, He said to them, "I, too, will ask you a question; and tell Me: