And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted 'With us he is God.'

and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

A voice in Ramah was heard -- lamentation and weeping and much mourning -- Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'

And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,

And Jesus saith to him, 'See, thou mayest tell no one, but go, thyself shew to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.'

and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and was ministering to them.

While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that 'My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.'

for she said within herself, 'If only I may touch his garment, I shall be saved.'

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

whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

And she having been instigated by her mother -- 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought it nigh to her mother.

And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- 'Let her away, because she crieth after us;'

And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, help me;'

And she said, 'Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;'

And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,

From that time began Jesus to shew to his disciples that it is necessary for him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be put to death, and the third day to rise.

and he said to her, 'What wilt thou?' She saith to him, 'Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'

therefore in the rising again, of which of the seven shall she be wife -- for all had her?'

there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat).

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;'