and at the very same moment coming up, she also in turn confessed the Lord, and spake of him to all who were expecting redemption in Jerusalem.

And his parents went annually to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.

And when they had concluded the days, as they were returning, the child Jesus remained at Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother knew it not:

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

And all who heard him, were in a transport of admiration, at his understanding and answers.

And they understood not the meaning of what he spake to them.

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths strait:

He said, therefore, to the multitudes who came out to be baptised by him, Ye broods of vipers, who hath warned you to fly from the approaching wrath?

Produce then fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then shall we do?

Then came also the farmers of the taxes to be baptised, and they said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

And the military men also asked him, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Extort nothing by force; nor turn informers; and be content with your pay.

whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and collect the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

Now it came to pass, at the time when John was baptising all the people, that Jesus also was baptised, and as he prayed, the heaven was opened,

of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,

being tempted forty days by the devil; and did eat nothing during those days: and when they were ended, afterwards he was hungry.

And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become a loaf.

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

and the devil said unto him, I will give thee all this authority, and the glory of these; for to me it is delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I give it.

And Jesus answering him, said, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to him alone shalt thou pay divine honour."

for it is written, "He shall give his angels a charge over thee, to guard thee safely;

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

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

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

And there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah: and unrolling the volume, he found the passage where it is written,

And rolling up the volume, he gave it to the attendant officer, and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were attentively fixed on him.

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?

And he said unto them, Ye will probably say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself! the works which we have heard to have been performed by thee at Capernaum, do the like here in thy own country.

And unto none of them was Elias sent, but unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a widow woman.

and rising up, dragged him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill, on which their city was built, in order to cast him down headlong:

And they were struck with astonishment at his teaching; for his discourse was with authority.

And there was in the synagogue a man, who had a spirit of an unclean devil, and he roared out with a great cry,

saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus the Nazarean? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Stop thy mouth, and come out of him. And the devil throwing him down into the midst, came out of him, doing him no injury.

And amazement seized on all present, and they spake one to another, saying, What a word is this? for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

Then rising up out of the synagogue, he came into the house of Simon: and Simon's mother-in-law was seized with a violent fever, and they besought him on her behalf.

And standing over her, he charged the fever [to depart]; and it left her: and immediately she arose, and waited upon them.

And devils also went out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Messiah the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was the Messiah.

And as the day was coming on, he went forth and departed into a desert place: and the multitude sought him out, and came to him, and would have detained him that he should not leave them.

AND it came to pass, as the multitude were thronging upon him, in order to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:

and he saw two vessels a-ground near the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and washing their nets.

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.

And Simon answering, said unto him, Sir, we have been toiling all night, and have taken nothing: but at thy command I will shoot the net.

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

For amazement had seized on him, and on all who were with him, at the draught of fishes which they had taken:

And it came to pass as he was just at one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy! and seeing Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

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.

And not discovering by what means they could introduce him, because of the crowd, they went up to the roof, and through the tiling let him down with his little couch into the midst, before Jesus.

And after these things he went out, and saw a farmer of the taxes, named Levi, sitting at the custom-house: and he said unto him, Follow me.

And Levi made him a great entertainment at his house and there was a great number of publicans and others, sitting at table with them.

And their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; for if he doth, the new wine will burst the bottles, and it will itself be spilled, and the bottles be destroyed.

AND it came to pass on the sabbath after the second day of the passover, that he was passing through the cornfields; and the disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them out in their hands.

And Jesus answering said to them; Have ye never read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him?

how he entered into the house of God, and took the loaves of shew-bread, and did eat, and gave also to those who were with him; which it was not lawful for any to eat, but the priests alone?

And it came to pass on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and a man was there, and his right hand was shrunk.

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you a question; Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath-day, or to do evil? to preserve life or to destroy it?

And looking round upon them all, he said to the man, Stretch out thine hand; and he did so: and his hand was restored sound as the other.

But they were filled with madness, and talked earnestly to each other what they could do to Jesus.

Now it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray and continued all night in an oratory of God.

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

And all the multitude strove to touch him, for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

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.

And if ye love them that love you, what thanks are due to you? for even sinners love those who love them.

And if ye do good to them who do good to you, what thanks have ye? do not even sinners the same thing?

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.

give, and there shall be given unto you; good measure pressed down, and shook, and running over, shall they give into your lap. For with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured back to you again.

Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, permit me to take off the mote which is on thine eye, not seeing thyself the beam in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite! cast out the beam which is in thine eye, and then shalt thou see distinctly to take off the mote which is in thy brother's eye.

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.

he is like to a man, building a house, who digged, and sunk deep, and laid the foundation on a rock; and when there was a flood, the river rushed violently against that house, and was not of force to shake it, for it was founded on a rock.

But he that heareth, and doth not practice, is like a man who built his house on the earth without a foundation; against which the river rushed violently, and immediately it fell; and the crash of the fall of that house was great.

For I also am a man under authority, and have under my command soldiers; and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come hither, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

And it came to pass the next day, that he went into a city called Nain; and a considerable number of his disciples went with him, and a vast multitude.

And as he drew near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carrying out, an only son to his mother, and she a widow; and a great concourse of the city was with her.

And Jesus addressing them, said, Go, tell John what things ye have seen and heard: that the blind recover sight, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached unto them.

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended at me.

Now when John's messengers were departed, he began to speak to the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in delicate garments? Behold, they who indulge in soft raiment, and delicate food, are in king's palaces.

But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

And all the people when they heard it, and the publicans, glorified God, being baptised with the baptism of John.

And the Lord said, To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

Then one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to table.

And, behold, a certain woman in the city, who was a notorious offender, when she knew that Jesus was sitting at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster vessel of odoriferous balm,

and standing at his feet behind him, began to water his feet with her tears, and to wipe them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfumed balm.

And when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said within himself, If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of a woman this is that toucheth him; for she is a notorious sinner.

And they who sat at table with him began to say in themselves, Who is this, who even forgives sins?

AND it came to pass afterwards, that he went through every city and village, preaching and publishing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God, and the twelve with him.

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

And Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's lieutenant-governor, and Susanna, and many others, who ministred to his support out of their possessions.

Now when a vast multitude was collected, even those who came to him out of every city, he spake by a parable.

A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the road side, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it up.

And other seed fell on a rock, and vegetating, withered because it had no moisture.

And other seed fell amidst thorns, and the thorns springing up with it, choked it.

Then his disciples asked him, saying. What might this parable mean?

And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables: that seeing they may not perceive, and hearing may not comprehend.

But that on the good ground are they who having heard the word, retain it in a heart excellent and good, and bring forth fruit with patience.

No man lighting a lamp hides it with a cover, or putteth it under a bed, but on a stand, that they who are coming in, may see the light.

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.