There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;

and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.

And Zacharias said unto the messenger, 'Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

And the messenger having come in unto her, said, 'Hail, favoured one, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women;'

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

And the messenger answering said to her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

And Mary said, 'Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

and happy is she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.'

And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

And they said unto her -- 'There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'

And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth,

and she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

and Mary was preserving all these things, pondering in her heart;

And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity,

and she, at that hour, having come in, was confessing, likewise, to the Lord, and was speaking concerning him, to all those looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

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

And he said unto them, 'Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'

And having risen out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon, and the mother-in-law of Simon was pressed with a great fever, and they did ask him about her,

and having stood over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her, and presently, having risen, she was ministering to them.

And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,

but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities,

and having come down with them, he stood upon a level spot, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their sicknesses,

and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, 'Be not weeping;'

And in that hour he cured many from sicknesses, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

and the wisdom was justified from all her children.'

and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.

And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, 'Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;

therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'

And he said to her, 'Thy sins have been forgiven;'

And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, 'He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

'And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

'See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.'

and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any,

having come near behind, touched the fringe of his garment, and presently the issue of her blood stood.

and he said to her, 'Take courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee, be going on to peace.'

and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, 'Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

and he having put all forth without, and having taken hold of her hand, called, saying, 'Child, arise;'

and her spirit came back, and she arose presently, and he directed that there be given to her to eat;

and her parents were amazed, but he charged them to say to no one what was come to pass.

and Herod said, 'John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, 'Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'

and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those here standing, who shall not taste of death till they may see the reign of God.'

And it came to pass, in their parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, 'Master, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,' not knowing what he saith:

and a voice came out of the cloud saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved; hear ye him;'

And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy is the workman of his hire; go not from house to house,

'He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.'

In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, 'I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.'

And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,

and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, 'Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.'

And Jesus answering said to her, 'Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,

but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.'

'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here!

'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth you to say.'

'And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for him, and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.

a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'

and Jesus having seen her, did call her near, and said to her, 'Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;'

and he laid on her his hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God.

'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

'But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.

neither for land nor for manure is it fit -- they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,

'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

and having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.

'Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

'Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;

And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'

nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.'

and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;

yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

And the Lord said, 'Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith:

and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven -- they left not children, and they died;

in the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? -- for the seven had her as wife.'

for all these out of their superabundance did cast into the gifts to God, but this one out of her want, all the living that she had, did cast in.'

and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end is not immediately.'

and a hair out of your head shall not perish;

'And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by encampments, then know that come nigh did her desolation;

then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; and those in her midst, let them depart out; and those in the countries, let them not come in to her;

and all the people were coming early unto him in the temple to hear him.

And when the hour come, he reclined (at meat), and the twelve apostles with him,

And they said, 'Sir, lo, here are two swords;' and he said to them, 'It is sufficient.'

while daily I was with you in the temple, ye did stretch forth no hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of the darkness.'

And one hour, as it were, having intervened, a certain other was confidently affirming, saying, 'Of a truth this one also was with him, for he is also a Galilean;'

and they said, 'What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear it from his mouth.'

And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

he is not here, but was raised; remember how he spake to you, being yet in Galilee,

And they, having risen up the same hour, turned back to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven, and those with them,

and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, he said to them, 'Have ye anything here to eat?'