For he shall be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.

But she, seeing the angel, was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.

He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;

and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end.

But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?

And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.

for nothing shall be impossible with God.

And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

And blessed is she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from the Lord.

And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.

And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.

And they made signs to his father as to what he might wish it to be called.

And all who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? And the Lord's hand was with him.

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

to give knowledge of deliverance to his people by the remission of their sins

But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:

to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him as his wife, she being great with child.

And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

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.

And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;

And all who heard it wondered at the things said to them by the shepherds.

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

(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see the Lord's Christ.

(and even a sword shall go through thine own soul;) so that the thoughts may be revealed from many hearts.

and had completed the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and his parents knew not of it;

but, supposing him to be in the company that journeyed together, they went a day's journey, and sought him among their relations and acquaintances:

And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business?

Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked places shall become a straight path, and the rough places smooth ways,

He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?

And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.

But as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether he might be the Christ,

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli,

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

And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.

And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

If therefore thou wilt do homage before me, all of it shall be thine.

And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the edge of the temple, and said to him, If thou be Son of God, cast thyself down hence;

and demons also went out from many, crying out and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

And it came to pass, as the crowd pressed on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:

and he saw two ships standing by the lake, but the fishermen, having come down from them, were washing their nets.

and in like manner also on James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be catching men.

And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed: and immediately the leprosy departed from him.

But the report concerning him was spread abroad still more, and great crowds came together to hear, and to be healed from their infirmities.

And it came to pass on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and out of Jerusalem; and the Lord's power was there to heal them.

And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me.

And no one puts new wine into old skins, otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;

but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved.

and having descended with them, he stood on a level place, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

and those that were beset by unclean spirits were healed.

Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.

Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you.

Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.

for every tree is known by its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from a bramble.

Wherefore neither did I count myself worthy to come to thee. But say by a word and my servant shall be healed.

and coming up he touched the bier, and the bearers stopped. And he said, Youth, I say to thee, Wake up.

and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.

And the messengers of John having departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind?

but the Pharisees and the lawyers rendered null as to themselves the counsel of God, not having been baptised by him.)

but as they had nothing to pay, he forgave both of them their debt: say, which of them therefore will love him most?

And it came to pass afterwards that he went through the country city by city, and village by village, preaching and announcing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God; and the twelve were with him,

And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:

And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable be?

But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may not believe and be saved.

For there is nothing hid which shall not become manifest, nor secret which shall not be known and come to light.

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

For he had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound, kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

But the man out of whom the demons had gone besought him that he might be with him. But he sent him away, saying,

And a woman who had a flux of blood since twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, could not be cured by any one,

And he said to her, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith has healed thee; go in peace.

But Jesus, hearing it, answered him saying, Fear not: only believe, and she shall be made well.

And her spirit returned, and immediately she rose up; and he commanded something to eat to be given to her.

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things which were done by him, and was in perplexity, because it was said by some that John was risen from among the dead,

and by some that Elias had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

And he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy food for all this people;

for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies by fifties.

saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

For whosoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels.

And it came to pass as they departed from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.

And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring hither thy son.

Do ye let these words sink into your ears. For the Son of man is about to be delivered into men's hands.

And a reasoning came in amongst them, who should be the greatest of them.

And Jesus, seeing the reasoning of their heart, having taken a little child set it by him,

And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; but if not it shall turn to you again.

I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city.

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him.

And it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received him into her house.

but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.

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