And the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son; and you shall call his name John.

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

And behold you shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall call his name Jesus.

And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and on that account the holy child shall be called the Son of God.

And when Elizabeth's time to bear had fully come, she bore a son;

and she bore her first-born son, and wrapped him in bandages, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the khan.

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

Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a change of mind. And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And the devil said to him, All this power will I give you, and the glory of these; for it is given to me, and I give it to whom I will.

and they shall bear you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.

And Jesus returned with the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and his fame went out into all the region around.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the oppressed away free,

And they all bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth, and said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

and they arose and cast him out of the city, and led him even to the brow of the mountain on which the city was built, to precipitate him down.

and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with power.

And they were all amazed, and talked with each other, saying, What word is this, that with authority and power he commands the impure spirits, and they come out?

AND on one of those days he was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were present, having come from every village of Galilee, and of Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present to cure them.

But that you may know that the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic, I tell you, arise, and take up your little bed, and go to your house.

AND in those days he went out on the mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.

And all the multitude sought to touch him, for a power went out from him and cured all.

And he lifted up his eyes upon his disciples and said, Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

bless those that curse you; pray for those that injure you;

And approaching he touched the bier, and those who bore it stopped. And he said, Young man, I tell you, arise!

And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the good news preached to them;

and some fell on good ground, and growing up bore fruit a hundred fold. Having said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

But that on the good ground signifies those who, with a noble and good heart, hearing the word retain it, and bear fruit persistently.

And Jesus said, Some one touched me; for I perceived a power going from me.

AND calling together the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases,

AND about eight days after these words, taking Peter, and James, and John, he went up on the mountain to pray.

And he said to them, The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers few; pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest to thrust out laborers into his harvest.

Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means injure you;

And as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

And he said to them, When you pray, say, Father, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come;

And when he was saying these things, a certain woman from the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, Blessed is the mother that bore you, and the breasts which you nursed!

But give the things within in charity, and behold, all things are pure to you.

And I tell you, my friends, fear not those that kill the body, and after this have [power] to do nothing more.

But I will show you whom to fear; Fear him, who after killing has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, Fear him.

But when you make a feast, invite the poor, crippled, lame, blind,

And they all with one consent excused themselves. The first said to him, I have bought a field and I must go to see it; I pray you have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yokes of oxen and I go to try them; I pray you have me excused.

And the servant came and reported to his lord these things. Then the master of the house; being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and maimed, and blind, and lame.

And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

And a certain poor man by the name of Lazarus was laid at his gate, afflicted with ulcers,

And the poor man died, and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died, and was buried;

AND he spoke also a parable to them, that men ought to pray at all times, and not to faint;

Two men went up to the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

And Jesus hearing it, said to him, One thing you yet want; sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.

And Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, Behold, half of my property, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of any thing, I restore fourfold.

And they sent spies to watch him, who pretended to be righteous men, that they might take advantage of his speech, to deliver him to the power and authority of the procurator.

And he saw also a certain poor widow cast in there two lepta [4 mills].

And he said, I tell you truly, that this poor widow has cast in more than all;

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

And he said to them, The kings of the nations exercise lordship over them; and those having power are called their benefactors.

And arriving at the place, he said to them, Pray that you may not enter into trial.

and he said to them, Why do you sleep? Arise, and pray that you may not enter into trial.

When I was daily with you in the temple you stretched not out your hands upon me but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

But from this time the Son of man will sit on the right hand of the power of God.

AND when they led him away, they took Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the country, and put on him the cross to bear after Jesus.

Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but remain in the city till you are endued with power from on high.