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!'