After two days was the passover and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and kill him.

And while he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table, there came a woman that had an alabaster box of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head.

And some of them were displeased within themselves, and said: For what purpose was this waste of the ointment?

And immediately, while he was yet speaking, came Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

I was daily with you in the temple, and taught, and you did not take me; but this is so, that the scriptures may be fulfilled.

But he was silent, and made no answer. Again, the chief priest asked him, and said to him: Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

And while Peter was in the court below, one of the maid servants of the chief priest came;

But Jesus gave no further answer; so that Pilate was astonished.

Now it was his custom to release to them, at the feast, one prisoner, whomever they desired.

And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with his fellow-insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, (the father of Alexander and Eufus,) who was passing by, coming in from the country, to bear his cross.

And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

And the superscription containing his accusation was written above him: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And the scripture was fulfilled, which says: And he was numbered with transgressors.

And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land, till the ninth hour.

And the vail of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.

And when the centurion that was standing opposite him, saw that he thus cried out, and gave up his spirit, he said: Truly, this man was the Son of God.

who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women, who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

And when the evening had come, because it was the preparation, which is the eve of the sabbath,

Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who was himself looking for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

But Pilate was astonished that he was already dead; and having called the centurion to him, he inquired of him whether he had been any while dead.

And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

for it was very great. And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away.

But he said to them: Be not frightened; you seek Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here: see the place where they laid him.

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

The Lord, therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven: and he sat down at the right hand of God.

There was, in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest, named Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Eliza beth.

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

It came to pass, while he was officiating as priest before God, in the order of his class, that,

according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense, when he went into the temple of the Lord.

And Zachariah was troubled at the sight, and fear fell upon him.

But when he came out, he was not able to speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them, and remained speechless.

And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

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

And she was perplexed at his words, and reasoned, what this salutation could mean.

And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke with a loud voice, and said: Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue was loosed, and he spoke, and praised God.

And all that heard them, laid them up in their hearts, and said: What, then, will this child be? And the hand of the Lord was 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 he was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

This enrollment first took place when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (for he was of the house and family of David,).

to be enrolled with Mary his be trothed wife, who was with child.

and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swathing-clothes, and laid him in the stable, because there was no place for them in the inn.

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

And when eight days were completed for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, as it had been called by the angel, before he was conceived in the womb.

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon. And this man was just and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him:

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

and she was a widow of about eighty-four years, and she departed not from the temple, but served, day and night, with fastings and prayers.

And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.

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, they went a day's journey; and they sought for him among their relatives and acquaintance;

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

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

While the people were in suspense, and all were reasoning in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not,

And it came to pass, while all the people were being immersed, that Jesus also was immersed; and as he was praying, the heaven was opened,

And Jesus was about thirty years old when he began his ministry, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, son of lleli,

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

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 he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and, as his custom was, he entered the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and stood up to read.

And the volume of Isaiah the prophet was given to him: and when he had unrolled the volume, he found the place where it was written:

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

and to no one of them was Elijah sent, but to Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a woman that was a widow.

And many lepers were in Israel, in the time of Elisha the prophet; and no one of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.

and arose, and drove him out of the city, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.

And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath-days.

And they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

And there was in the synagogue a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice,

And he arose and went out of the synagogue into the house of Simon. And Simon's mother-in-law was confined with a violent fever: and they besought him in her behalf.

Demons also came out of many, crying out and saying: Thou art the Christ, the Son of God. And he rebuked them, and did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

And when it was day, he went out and departed into a desert place; and the multitudes sought for him, and came to him and endeavored to detain him, that he should not go away from them.

And it came to pass while the multitude was pressing on him to hear the word of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

And he entered one of the ships, which was Simon s, and requested him to push out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the multitude from the ship.

And it came to pass, that he was in one of their cities; and behold, a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

And it came to pass, on a certain day, that he was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was exerted to heal them.

And behold, men brought, on a bed, a man who was a paralytic. And they sought how they might bring him in, and lay him before him.

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

And it came to pass, on the first sabbath after the second day of the feast, that he was going through the fields of grain; and his disciples pulled the ears and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

And Jesus answered and said to them: Have you not read even that which David did, when he was hungry him self, and those who were with him,

And it came to pass, on another sabbath, that he entered the synagogue and taught; and a man was there, whose right hand was withered.

And looking round upon them all, he said to him: Stretch forth your hand. And he did so; and his hand was restored like the other.

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

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

He is like a man that, when building a house, digged deep, and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the torrent dashed against that house, and it was not able to shake it, for it was founded on the rock.

But he that hears, and does not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the torrent dashed with violence, and immediately it fell, 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, and said to him: Lord, give thyself no trouble; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof.

And when Jesus heard these things, he was filled with admiration for him; and, turning to the multitude that followed, he said: I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

And it came to pass, the next day, that he was going to a city called Nain; and many of his disciples and a great multitude followed him.

And when he came near the gate of tho city, behold, they were carrying out a dead man, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a great multitude from the city was with her.

And John called to him two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, and said: Art thou he that was to come, or must we look for another?

And the men came to him and said: John the Immerser has sent us to thee, and says, Art thou he that was to come, or must we look for another?

And, behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that he reclined at table in the house of the Pharisee, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

and stood behind at his feet, weeping; and she began to wash his feet with her tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

The sower went forth to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the birds of the air ate it up.

And it was told him by some that said: Thy mother and thy brothers stand without, desiring to see thee.

And they came to him, and awoke him, saying: Master, master, we perish. But he arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there was a calm.

For he had O; commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had often seized upon him, and he had been bound with chains and fetters, and kept in confinement; and he broke the bonds, and was driven by the demon into the deserts.

And there was in that place a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain. And they besought him to permit them to go into them. And he permitted them.

And when those who fed them saw what was done, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.