that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.

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.

And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

And Mary, rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,

And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;

which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

And when they saw him they were amazed: and his mother said to him, Child, why hast thou dealt thus with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee distressed.

saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And Simon answering said, I suppose he to whom he forgave the most. And he said to him, Thou hast rightly judged.

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

In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and thou shalt live.

And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.

then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.

But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:

but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.

And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me.

And when he came up to the place, Jesus looked up and saw him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for to-day I must remain in thy house.

And he made haste and came down, and received him with joy.

And he said to him, Well done, thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.

For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.

And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.

but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.