And when the sabbath was passed, Mary the Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

And they said to themselves, Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb???4 and looking up they saw that the stone was rolled away??or it was very great.

And he said to them, Be not astonished; you seek Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is raised; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.

and when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.

Then the Lord, after speaking with them, was taken up to heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

In the days of Herod the king of Judea, there was a certain priest by the name of Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

And they had no son, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

And when he was performing the priest's office in the order of his class before God, it fell to his lot,

and Zachariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

And the angel answered and said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to tell you this good news.

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, by the name of Nazareth,

to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

And she was troubled at his word, and doubted what this salutation meant.

And when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

And his mouth was immediately opened, and his tongue [loosed], and he spoke and blessed God.

And all who heard laid them to heart, saying, What then is this child to be? For the hand of the Lord was also with him.

And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

This first census was taken when Cyrenius was proconsul of Syria.

And Joseph went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

to be enrolled with Mary his espoused [wife,] who was with child.

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.

For to you was born to-day in the city of David, a Saviour who is the anointed Lord.

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

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

And when eight days were completed, [the time] to circumcise him, his name was called Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

And behold, there was a man at Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

And he was informed by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death till he had seen the Lord's anointed.

And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; she was far advanced in years, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

And the little child grew, and became strong, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon it.

And when he was twelve years old they went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast.

But supposing that he was in the company went a day's journey and sought him among their relations and acquaintances.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.

And the people being in expectation, and all doubting in their minds concerning John, whether he was the Christ,

And when all the people were baptized, Jesus also being baptized, and praying, heaven was opened,

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.

And Jesus was about thirty years old, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli,

AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

being tempted by the devil forty days. And he eat nothing in those days; and when they were completed he was hungry.

And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up, and entered, according to his custom on the sabbath day, into the synagogue, and stood up to read.

And the book of Isaiah the prophet was given to him. And unrolling the book he found the place where it was written,

I also tell you of a truth, that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, so that there was a great famine over all the land;

and to none of them was Elijah sent, but to Sarepta, of Sidon, to a widow woman.

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

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 there was a man in the synagogue having a spirit of an impure demon; and he cried with a loud voice,

And going up from the synagogue he entered into the house of Simon. And Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a violent fever; and they asked him in her behalf.

And when it was day, coming out he went to a solitary place; and the multitudes sought him, and came to him, and urged him not to depart from them.

And as the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

And entering into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land, and sat down and taught the multitudes from the ship.

For he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the draught of fishes which they had taken.

And he was in one of the cities, and behold, a man full of leprosy; and seeing Jesus he fell on his face, and asked him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me.

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.

And behold, men bringing on a bed a man who was paralytic; and they sought to bring him in to place him before him.

And Levi made a great feast for him at his house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others who reclined with them.

And Jesus answered and said to them, Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with him?

He entered into the house of God, and took the show bread, and eat, and gave to those with him, which it was not lawful for any to eat, except the priests alone.

And on another sabbath he went into the synagogue and taught. And there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

And looking round upon them all he said to him, Stretch out your hand. And he did so; and his hand was restored.

And when it was day he called his disciples; and having chosen twelve of them, whom he named apostles,

Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was the traitor,

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the stream beat against that house and could not shake it, because it was built on a rock.

But he that hears and does not, is like a man building a house on the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream beat, and it fell immediately; and the ruin of that house was great.

And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick, and about to die;

And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying, Lord, trouble not yourself, for I am not fit that you should come under my roof.

And as he approached the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, an only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a great multitude from the city was with her.

And calling two of his disciples, John sent to the Lord, saying, Are you he that was to come, or look we for another?

And coming to him the men said, John the Baptist has sent us to you to say, Are you he that was to come, or look we for another?

And behold, a certain woman in the city, a sinner, knowing that he was reclining in the house of the Pharisee, brought a vase of ointment,

And the Pharisee who invited him, seeing it, spoke within himself, saying, If this was a prophet he would have known who and what kind of a woman this is who touches him; for she is a sinner.

A sower went out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some fell by the way, and was trodden down, and the birds of heaven devoured it;

and some fell on the rock, and springing up it was dried up, because it had no moisture;

And it was told him by some, saying, Your mother and your brothers stand without, wishing to see you.

And they came and awoke him, saying, Master! Master! we are perishing! And he arose, and rebuked the wind and the waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm.

And there was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they besought him to permit them to enter into them; and be permitted them.

And those who fed them, seeing what was done, fled and reported it in the city and in the country places.

And behold, a man by the name of Jairus came; and he was the ruler of a synagogue. And falling at the feet of Jesus, he besought him to come to his house,

for he had an only daughter twelve years old, and she was dying. And when he was going, the multitudes thronged him.

coming up behind, touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her flow of blood was stopped.

And the woman seeing that she was not concealed, came trembling, and falling down related to him in the presence of all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was immediately cured.

While he was yet speaking some one came from the synagogue ruler's house and said to him, Your daughter has died; trouble not the teacher.

And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

And her parents were astonished; and he commanded them to tell no one what was done.

And Herod the tetrarch heard all things which were done, and was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was raised from the dead,

And they eat and were all filled; and there was taken up what remained over to them, twelve traveling-baskets of fragments.

And when he was praying alone, the disciples came to him, and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?

And while he was praying, the appearance of his face was changed, and his clothes became white and shining;

who appearing in glory spoke of his departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

And there was a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my chosen Son; hear him.

And when the voice had passed, Jesus was found alone. And they were silent and told no man in those days any thing of what they had seen.

And while he was coming, the demon tore him with spasms and convulsed him. And Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, and cured the child, and gave him back to his father.

But they understood not this saying; and it was concealed from them, that they might not perceive it; and they feared to ask him concerning this saying.

And they did not receive him, because he was going to Jerusalem.

And after these things the Lord designated seventy others also, and sent them out, two by two, before his face, into every city and place where he was about to come.

But a certain Samaritan, on a journey, came where he was, and seeing him had compassion on him;

Which of these three think you was a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and came and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her, therefore, to help me.

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 cast out a demon, and it was dumb. And when the demon had gone out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes wondered.