The birth of [Jesus] Christ came about thus. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together she was discovered to be pregnant by the holy Spirit.

She will bear a son, and you will call him 'Jesus,' for he will save his people from their sins."

but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

so he touched her hand; the fever left her and she rose and ministered to him.

As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

what she said to herself was this, "If I can only touch his robe, I will recover."

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she wanted.

And she, at the instigation of her mother, said, "Give me John the Baptist's head this moment on a dish."

his head was brought on a dish and given to the girl, and she took it to her mother.

But he made no answer to her. Then his disciples came up and pressed him, saying, "Send her away, she is wailing behind us."

But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, do help me."

"No, sir," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm."

Now at the resurrection whose wife will she be? They all had her."

it is that on you may fall the punishment for all the just blood shed on earth from the blood of Abel the just down to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table.

But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.

In pouring this perfume on my body she has acted in view of my burial.

I tell you truly, wherever this gospel is preached through all the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

this means my blood, the new covenant-blood, shed for many, to win the remission of their sins.

and he went up to her and taking her hand made her rise; the fever left her at once and she ministered to them.

with earnest entreaties. "My little girl is dying," he said, "do come and lay your hands on her that she may recover and live,"

And there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years ??26 she had suffered a great deal under a number of doctors and had spent all her means but was none the better; in fact she was rather worse.

She heard about Jesus, got behind him in the crowd, and touched his robe;

"if I can touch even his clothes," she said to herself, "I will recover."

And at once the hemorrhage stopped, and she felt in her body that she was cured of her complaint.

The girl got up at once and began to walk (she was twelve years old); and at once they were lost in utter amazement.

Herodias had a grudge against him; she wanted him killed but she could not manage it,

So she went out and said to her mother, "What am I to ask?" "John the Baptizer's head," she answered.

Then she hurried in at once and asked the king, saying, "I want you to give me this very moment John the Baptist's head on a dish."

a woman heard of him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, and she came in and fell at his feet

She answered him, "No, sir, but under the table the dogs do pick up the children's crumbs."

So she went home and found the child lying in bed and the daemon gone from her.

and she is an adulteress if she divorces her husband and marries another man."

At the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be? She was wife to the seven of them."

for they have all put in a contribution out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all she possessed, her whole living."

Now when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, lying at table, a woman came up with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, which had cost a great sum; the flask she broke and poured the perfume over his head.

But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

She has done all she could ??she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial.

I tell you truly, wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

he said to them, "This means my covenant-blood which is shed for many;

and when she noticed Peter warming himself she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazaret too."

She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept;

After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived; and for five months she concealed herself.

"The Lord has done this for me," she said, "he has now deigned to remove my reproach among men."

At this she was startled; she thought to herself, whatever can this greeting mean?

Look, there is your kinswoman Elizabeth! Even she has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month;

she entered the house of Zechariah and saluted Elizabeth,

she called out with a loud cry, "Blessed among women are you, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

And blessed is she who believed that the Lord's words to her would be fulfilled."

Now the time for Elizabeth's delivery had elapsed, and she gave birth to a son.

to be registered along with Mary his wife. She was pregnant,

she gave birth to her firstborn son, and as there was no room for them inside the khan she wrapped him up and laid him in a stall for cattle.

and as for Mary, she treasured it all up and mused upon it.

There was also a prophetess, Hannah the daughter of Phanuel, who belonged to the tribe of Asher; she was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her girlhood

and having been a widow for eighty-four years. She was never away from the temple; night and day she worshipped, fasting and praying.

Now at that very hour she came up, and she offered praise to God and spoke of him to all who were on the outlook for the redemption of Jerusalem.

the son of Kainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

he stood over her and checked the fever, and it left her. Then she instantly got up and ministered to them.

Just as he was near the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out; he was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the town were with her.

Now there was a woman in the town who was a sinner, and when she found out that Jesus was at table in the house of the Pharisee, she brought an alabaster flask of perfume

and stood behind him at his feet in tears; her tears began to wet his feet, so she wiped them with the hair of her head, pressed kisses on them, and anointed them with the perfume.

When his host the Pharisee noticed this, he said to himself, "If he was a prophet he would know what sort of a woman this is who is touching him; for she is a sinner."

Then turning to the woman he said to Simon, "You see this woman? When I came into your house, you never gave me water for my feet, while she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair;

you never gave me a kiss, while ever since she came in she has kept pressing kisses on my feet;

you never anointed my head with oil, while she has anointed my feet with perfume.

for he had an only daughter about twelve years old and she was dying. As Jesus went the crowds kept crushing him,

So when the woman saw she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him she told before all the people why she had touched him and how she had been instantly cured.

But when Jesus heard it he said to him, "Have no fear, only believe and she shall get well."

Everyone was weeping and bewailing her, but he said, "Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep."

They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

And her spirit returned, she got up instantly, and he ordered them to give her something to eat.

She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the feet of the Lord to listen to his talk.

Now Martha was so busy attending to them that she grew worried; she came up and said, "Lord, is it all one to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Come, tell her to lend me a hand."

Mary has chosen the best dish, and she is not to be dragged away from it."

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

it was that the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world might be charged upon this generation,

there was a woman who for eighteen years had suffered weakness from an evil spirit; indeed she was bent double and quite unable to raise herself.

He laid his hands on her, and instantly she became erect and glorified God.

And this woman, a daughter of Abraham, bound by Satan for all these eighteen years, was she not to be freed from her bondage on the sabbath?"

Or again, suppose a woman has ten shillings. If she loses one of them, does she not light a lamp and scour the house and search carefully till she finds it?

And when she finds it she gathers her women-friends and neighbours, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the shilling I lost.'

Now at the resurrection whose wife will she be? She was wife to the seven of them."

for these people all contributed out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all her living."

So too he gave them the cup after supper, saying, "This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood shed for your sake.

She said, "No one, sir." Jesus said, "Neither do I; be off, and never sin again."]

"Yes, Lord," she said, "I do believe you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world" ??28 and with these words she went off to call her sister Mary, telling her secretly, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."

and when the Jews who were condoling with her inside the house noticed her rise hurriedly and go out, they followed her, as they imagined she was going to wail at the tomb.

But when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she dropped at his feet, crying, "Had you been here, Lord, my brother would not have died."

Then said Jesus, "Let her alone, let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.

When a woman is in labour she is sorry, for her time has come; but when the child is born she remembers her anguish no longer, for joy that a human being has been born into the world:

On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala went early to the tomb, when it was still dark; but as she saw the boulder had been removed from the tomb,

she ran off to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the favourite of Jesus, telling them, "They have taken the master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him!"

but Mary stood sobbing outside the tomb. As she sobbed, she glanced inside the tomb

"Woman," they said to her, "why are you sobbing?" She said, "Because they have taken away my master, and I do not know where they have put him!"

With these words she turned round and noticed Jesus standing ??though she did not know it was Jesus.

"Woman," said Jesus, "why are you sobbing? Who are you looking for?" Supposing he was the gardener, she said, "Oh, sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you put him, and I will remove him."

"Mary!" said Jesus. She started round and said, "Rabboni!" (a Hebrew word meaning 'teacher').