And Jesus having known, said to them, 'Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;

for she having put this ointment on my body -- for my burial she did it.

and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

and saith to him, 'See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.'

and he was calling upon him much, saying -- 'My little daughter is at the last extremity -- that having come, thou mayest lay on her thy hands, so that she may be saved, and she shall live;'

and many things having suffered under many physicians, and having spent all that she had, and having profited nothing, but rather having come to the worse,

having heard about Jesus, having come in the multitude behind, she touched his garment,

for she said -- 'If even his garments I may touch, I shall be saved;'

and immediately was the fountain of her blood dried up, and she knew in the body that she hath been healed of the plague.

And immediately the damsel arose, and was walking, for she was twelve years old; and they were amazed with a great amazement,

And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;'

and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

And she answered and saith to him, 'Yes, sir; for the little dogs also under the table do eat of the children's crumbs.'

and having come away to her house, she found the demon gone forth, and the daughter laid upon the couch.

and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

in the rising again, then, whenever they may rise, of which of them shall she be wife -- for the seven had her as wife?'

for all, out of their abundance, put in, but she, out of her want, all that she had put in -- all her living.'

And Jesus said, 'Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;

what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming.

and he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared -- there make ready for us.'

and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, 'And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth!'

she having gone, told those who had been with him, mourning and weeping;

and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.

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

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

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 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 is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

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.

the son of Salah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

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

And he charged him to tell no one, 'But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;'

Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like;

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 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 the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, 'This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'

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.'

because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, and she was dying. And in his going away, the multitudes were thronging him,

And the woman, having seen that she was not hid, trembling, came, and having fallen before him, for what cause she touched him declared to him before all the people, and how she was healed presently;

and Jesus having heard, answered him, saying, 'Be not afraid, only believe, and she shall be saved.'

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

and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;

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

and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word,

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.'

'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!

and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,

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

'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.

and having seen them, he said to them, 'Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed,

and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,

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

shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'

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 a certain maid having seen him sitting at the light, and having earnestly looked at him, she said, 'And this one was with him!'

the Jews then answered and said to him, 'What sign dost thou shew to us -- that thou dost these things?'

for the Father doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder.

and she said, 'No one, Sir;' and Jesus said to her, 'Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.'

Jesus answered them, 'Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come, met him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.

believest thou this?' she saith to him, 'Yes, sir, I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming to the world.'

And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, 'The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;'

she, when she heard, riseth up quickly, and doth come to him;

the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying -- 'She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'

Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, 'Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;'

and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew it, so that they may seize him.

Jesus, therefore, said, 'Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,

Philip saith to him, 'Sir, shew to us the Father, and it is enough for us;'

Jesus saith to him, 'So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father?

'The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

she runneth, therefore, and cometh unto Simon Peter, and unto the other disciple whom Jesus was loving, and saith to them, 'They took away the Lord out of the tomb, and we have not known where they laid him.'

and Mary was standing near the tomb, weeping without; as she was weeping, then, she stooped down to the tomb, and beholdeth two messengers in white, sitting,

And they say to her, 'Woman, why dost thou weep?' she saith to them, 'Because they took away my Lord, and I have not known where they laid him;'

and these things having said, she turned backward, and seeth Jesus standing, and she had not known that it is Jesus.

Jesus saith to her, 'Woman, why dost thou weep? whom dost thou seek;' she, supposing that he is the gardener, saith to him, 'Sir, if thou didst carry him away, tell me where thou didst lay him, and I will take him away;'

Jesus saith to her, 'Mary!' having turned, she saith to him, 'Rabbouni;' that is to say, 'Teacher.'

Mary the Magdalene cometh, telling to the disciples that she hath seen the Lord, and that these things he said to her.

and having prayed, they said, 'Thou, Lord, who art knowing the heart of all, shew which one thou didst choose of these two

and Peter answered her, 'Tell me if for so much ye sold the place;' and she said, 'Yes, for so much.'

and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried her by her husband;

and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.

for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing;

and it came to pass in those days she, having ailed, died, and having bathed her, they laid her in an upper chamber,

And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.

And Peter having put them all forth without, having bowed the knees, did pray, and having turned unto the body said, 'Tabitha, arise;' and she opened her eyes, and having seen Peter, she sat up,

And he said unto them, 'Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch,

and they said unto her, 'Thou art mad;' and she was confidently affirming it to be so, and they said, 'It is his messenger;'

and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, 'If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.

she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'

and this she was doing for many days, but Paul having been grieved, and having turned, said to the spirit, 'I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come forth from her;' and it came forth the same hour.

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth us to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged him to tell no one, 'that these things thou didst shew unto me;'

who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending,

Swift are their feet to shed blood.