And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

And many of the children of Israel shall 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 fathers
to their children,
and the disobedient
to the understanding of the righteous,
to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

When he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision there. But Zechariah kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

To a maiden there who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her name was Mary.

And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Look, there is your kinswoman Elizabeth! Even she has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month;

For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

And there she went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth.

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.

and on the eighth day were present at the circumcision of the child. but upon their proposing to call him by his father's name, Zacharias: his mother objected to it,

And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

Then fear came on all their neighbors; and all these things were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea.

And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

"Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Who has visited his people and wrought their deliverance,

just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times--

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

So all the people went to their hometowns to be registered.

He went there to be registered with Mary, who had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And lo, an angel of the Lord was there by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared with great fear.

for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.

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 suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

"May there be glory to God in the highest [heavens], and may there be peace on earth among men who are pleasing to God."

And it came to pass, when the messengers had departed from them into heaven, that, the shepherds, began to say one to another - Let us go through forthwith as far as to Bethlehem, and see this thing which hath come to pass, which the Lord hath made known to us.

And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

All who heard the shepherds were astonished at their story,

But Mary carefully preserved all these declarations, laying them together in her heart, in order to apprehend their meaning.

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

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

And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.

And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him,

which [i.e., whom] you have prepared before all people [i.e., for their benefit],

(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

and then as a widow for 84 years. She never left the Temple, but continued to worship there night and day with times of fasting and prayer.

She came forward at that very time and thanked God [in prayer] and spoke about the child [Jesus] to everyone [in the Temple area] who was expecting the redemption of the people of Jerusalem [i.e., their liberation from sin].

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the Feast;

and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know,

But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.

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

when Joseph and his mother saw him, great was their surprize: and his mother said to him, son, why did you leave us thus? your father and I have been looking for you with great concern.

However he went down with them to Nazareth, and submitted himself to their control; and his mother treasured all that was said in her heart.

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

And he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin;

So he would say to the crowds that came out there to be baptized by him, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to fly from the wrath that is coming?

And even now the axe is also ready to chop down the trees at their roots [i.e., you Jews]. Every tree [i.e., person] that does not produce wholesome fruit [i.e., a godly life] will be cut down and thrown into the fire [i.e., the punishment of hell]."

And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:

now added this to crown all the rest, that he threw John into prison.

and the Holy Spirit in bodily appearance like a dove descended on Him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying; Thou art my beloved Son, I am delighted in Thee.

And Jesus was about thirty years old when He began to teach. (It was assumed that) He was the son of Joseph, who was the [legal] son of Heli [Note: A lineage through Jesus' mother Mary follows:]

Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,

On returning from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led by the power of the Spirit through the Wilderness for forty days, tempted by the Devil.

and was there forty days, to be tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry.

And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for it is given up to me, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and had him stand on the highest point of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

For it is written, He shall charge his angels concerning thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up,

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

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

And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

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 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?

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.

And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

Then He came down [from the hills of Nazareth] to Capernaum, a city of Galilee [on the shore of the sea], and He was teaching them on the Sabbath;

And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

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.

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent (muzzled, gagged) and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown the man down among them, he came out of him without injuring him in any way.

And there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the region round about.

And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her

He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.

As soon as the sun was set, all sorts of diseased persons were brought before him by their friends, and he healed them all, by laying his hands upon them.

So he went preaching through the synagogues of Judaea.

And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon: "Push off into deep water, and throw out your nets for a haul."

And Simon answering said to him, Master, having laboured through the whole night we have taken nothing, but at thy word I will let down the net.

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

When Simon Peter saw this, he threw himself down at Jesus' knees, exclaiming: "Master, leave me, for I am a sinful man!"

And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.