Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.

So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.

But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.

But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.

But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.

And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.

When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.

But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.

For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.

And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.

And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,

When she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.

For she said, If I may only put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

And straight away the fountain of her blood was stopped, and she had a feeling in her body that her disease had gone and she was well.

And the young girl got up straight away, and was walking about; she being twelve years old. And they were overcome with wonder.

And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;

And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.

And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.

And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.

Because they all put in something out of what they had no need for; but she out of her need put in all she had, even all her living.

And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head.

But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.

She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.

And seeing Peter warming himself by the fire, she gave him a look, and said, You were with this Nazarene, even Jesus.

She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?

Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life

She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.

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

He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.

And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.

Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet.

You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.

And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well.

And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.

And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.

And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.

But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.

And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.

Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.

For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.

The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.]

When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.

She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.

Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.

When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world.

Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.

But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,

She saw two angels in white seated where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet.

They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.

And then looking round, she saw Jesus there, but had no idea that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master).

Mary Magdalene went with the news to the disciples, and said she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her.

And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.

And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.

And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.