There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"

The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.

It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!"

Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."

She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

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

He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"

He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.

He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.

Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."

Wisdom is justified by all her children."

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

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."

He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.

The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,

came behind him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.

He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace."

When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.

All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."

But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!"

Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.

Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.

The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."

But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."

It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.

Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."

It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."

It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."

He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.

On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

"But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'

neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."

They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.'"

The second took her as wife, and he died childless.

The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."

for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

"As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down."

Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.

They said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." He said to them, "That is enough."

He isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,

While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"