"The spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the work whereunto he hath anointed me; he hath sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor; to heal the contrite in heart; to proclaim liberty to the captives; and restore sight to the blind; to send forth the bruised free from bonds;

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?

Then he went on board one of the vessels, which was Simon's, and desired him to put off a little from the land: and sitting down, he taught the multitudes out of the vessel.

Then Simon Peter seeing it, fell down on his knees before Jesus, saying, Go from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord!

And he stretching out his hand touched him, saying, I will: be thou cleansed. And instantly the leprosy departed from him.

And on a certain day it happened that he was teaching, and there were sitting Pharisees, and doctors of the law, who had come from every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord for healing them was exercised.

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

Then he spake a parable unto them, No man putteth a patch of new cloth on an old garment; but if otherwise, both the new makes a rent, and the patch from the new is not of a piece with the old.

And when it was day, he called his disciples to him; and elected from them twelve, whom he named Apostles:

And coming down with them, he stood on a level spot: and the crowd of his disciples, and a vast multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall revile you, and shall cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

To him that smiteth thee on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who would take from thee thy cloak, withhold not thy coat also.

And give to every one that asketh thee; and from him who would take thy goods, demand them not again.

And if ye lend to those, from whom ye hope to receive back again, what thanks are due to you? for sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive an equivalent.

Every tree is known by its own peculiar fruit. For men do not gather figs from off thorns, nor do they gather from the bramble a bunch of grapes.

A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, produceth what is good; and a wicked man, from the evil treasure in his heart, produceth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion dispatched towards him friends, saying to him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not deserving that thou shouldest enter beneath my roof.

For I tell you, of those born from woman, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than he.

One kiss hast thou not given me, but she from the time she hath come in, hath not ceased tenderly to kiss my feet.

And certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and sicknesses, Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven devils had gone out.

They by the road side, are such as hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh the word from their heart, that they should not be saved in believing.

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, even what he seemeth to have shall be taken away from.

And as he landed, there met him a certain man from the city, who had devils for a long while, and kept no clothes on him, and never abode in a house, but in the tombs.

And they came out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man sitting, from whom the devils were gone out, clothed, and in his sound mind, at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.

And the whole multitude of the country around the Gadarenes, entreated him to depart from them; for they were seized with great terror: and he embarked on the vessel, and returned.

And a woman, who had a flux of blood, for twelve years, who had spent all her substance on physicians, and could not get a cure from any;

Then said Jesus, Some person hath touched me, for I know that miraculous power is gone out from me.

And whosoever shall not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the dust from your feet, for a testimony against them.

Then Herod the tetrarch heard of all things that were done by him; and he was in much distraction of mind, because it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead:

And it came to pass, as they were departing from him, Peter said unto Jesus, it is well that we are here, and we will make three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias; not knowing what he said.

And it came to pass, on the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a great multitude met him.

And, behold, a man from among the multitude cried out aloud, saying, Master, I pray thee, look upon my son; for he is my only begotten.

And, behold! a spirit taketh him, and suddenly he crieth out, and convulseth him, with foaming; and bruising him, with difficulty retires from him.

And they understood not that declaration, and it was hid from them, that they should not comprehend its meaning: and they were afraid to ask him concerning that saying.

And when the disciples James and John saw it, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them, just as Elias did?

And in the same family abide, eating and drinking such as they have: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not about from house to house.

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan falling as lightning from heaven.

In the same hour Jesus exulted in spirit, and said, I ascribe glory to thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes: be it so, O Father! since such is thy good pleasure.

Then Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who, when they had both stripped him, and covered him with wounds, got off, leaving him half dead.

But of one thing there is need: and Mary hath made her election of that good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation; but deliver us from the wicked one.

And he from within answering, shall say, Give me no farther trouble: my door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed; I am unable to rise and give thee.

But others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

When the unclean spirit goeth out of a man, he passes through places destitute of water, seeking repose; and not finding it, saith, I will go back to my habitation from whence I came out:

And it came to pass as he was speaking these words, a certain woman from among the multitude lift up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou hast sucked.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment against the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was slain between the altar and the temple: verily I tell you, It shall be required of this generation.

And as he was saying these things unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to extort answers from him respecting many things;

laying snares for him, and seeking to catch hold of something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

But God said to him, Thou fool! this night shall they demand thy life from thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

and ye like men, expecting their master, when he shall return from the marriage; that when he comes and knocks, they may instantly open the door for him.

But he that knew it not, yet did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For of every one to whom much is given, much shall be required from him: and to whom men commit much, they will of him demand abundantly more.

Then said he to the multitudes, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, ye say immediately, There cometh a shower; and it is so.

Ye hypocrites! ye know how to discern by experience from the appearance of the earth and of the sky; but how is it that ye do not discern this particular time?

I tell thee, thou mayest in no wise come out from thence, until thou hast paid the very last mite.

But when Jesus saw her, he called out aloud, and said to her, Woman, thou art delivered from thine infirmity.

Then the Lord answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not every one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him to water?

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

And he will say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

And they shall come from the east, and west, and from north, and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

The same day came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Depart, and begone from hence: for Herod will kill thee.

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? because my master is taking away the stewardship from me: to dig, I have not the strength; to beg, I am ashamed.

I know what I will do, that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may entertain me at their houses.

Every one who putteth away his wife and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and every one who marrieth a woman divorced from her husband, committeth adultery.

and importunately desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: yea even the dogs came and licked his ulcers.

And besides all these considerations, between us and you there is a vast chasm fixed: so that they who might be willing to pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can they pass through to us, from thence.

But he said, Ah no, father Abraham! but if one came to them from the dead, they will repent.

Then he said to him, If they hearken not to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.

But which of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, when he cometh from the field, will say immediately, Come, sit down at table?

Doth he hold it as a favour from that servant, that he did the things which were ordered him? I think not.

For as the lightning flashing from one quarter under heaven, shineth to another quarter under heaven; so shall the Son of man also be at his day.

but the day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

Then he said, All these things have I observed from my youth.

And they understood none of these things: and the saying was concealed from them, and they knew not the things which were spoken.

Then Zaccheus standing up, said unto the Lord, Behold, the half of my goods, Lord, I give unto the poor; and if I have got any thing from any man, by laying false informations, I am ready to restore fourfold.

And he said to those who stood by, Take from him the maneh, and give it to him who hath the ten manehs.

For I say unto you, That to every one who hath, shall more be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.

And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said unto him, Master, reprove thy disciples.

saying, Oh that thou hadst known, even in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven; he will say, Wherefore then did ye not believe him?

And they answered, We know not from whence.

And he withdrew from them about a stone's cast, and kneeling down, he prayed,

saying, Father, if thou wilt, remove this cup from me! nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done.

And an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

And when he rose up from prayer, on coming to his disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow.

Then they said, What further need have we of witness? for we have heard it from his own mouth.

But they were urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching through all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.

And as they led him out, laying hold on one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, they laid on him the cross, to carry after Jesus.

And all his acquaintance stood afar off, and the women which followed him from Galilee, beholding these things.

And taking it down from the cross, he wrapped it in linen cloth, and laid it in a sepulchre hewn out of a rock, where none had ever yet lain.

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

and returning from the sepulchre, told all these things to the eleven, and to the rest.

And behold, two of them were going the same day to a village, distant about sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, called Emmaus.

And beginning from Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them in all the scriptures, the things relating to himself.

and said to them, That thus it is written, and thus must the Messiah suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day

and that repentance and remission of sin should be preached in his name unto all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

And, behold, I send unto you the promise of my Father: but sit ye down in the city of Jerusalem, until ye shall be endued with power from on high.

And it came to pass, as he pronounced the benediction upon them, he was parted from them, and taken up into heaven.

A man was sent from God, whose name was John.