But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

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 this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.

For my eyes have seen your salvation,

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.

And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

The son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

The son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

The son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

The son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

The son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

The son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

The son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

The son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

The son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

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

The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.

And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,

And Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, he who was false to him.

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

Saying, The Son of man will undergo much and be put on one side by the rulers and the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and be put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

Who were seen in glory and were talking of his death which was about to take place in Jerusalem.

And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.

And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.

Let these words go deep into your ears, for the Son of man will be given up into the hands of men.

And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have resting-places, but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.

All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.

And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.

A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.

And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.

And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.

But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.

But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?

And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.

And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me.

And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.

For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;

And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.

And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

David then gives him the name of Lord, so how is it possible for him to be his son?

And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place?

And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.