David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet.

And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and to have'salutations in the marketplaces,

and to be saluted in the market-places, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost places at feasts: Who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers:

who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.

A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a mite.

And having called his disciples to him he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:

'And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end -- he shall be saved.

“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing [in the temple sanctuary] where it ought not to be (let the reader understand) then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

Whoever is on the housetop must not go down [to enter the house], or go inside to take anything out of his house;

and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.

And woe to those women who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

for there shall rise up false Christs, and false prophets, who shall work signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, even the elect.

But of that day or of that hour no one knows, neither the angels who are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.

But there were some who were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?

Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve [disciples], went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.

And as they lay at table and were eating, Jesus said, Verily I say to you, One of you shall deliver me up; he who is eating with me.

But he answered and said to them, One of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish.

The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

rise, we may go, lo, he who is delivering me up hath come nigh.'

And at once, while He was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot], one of the twelve [disciples], came up, and with him a crowd of men with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders [of the Sanhedrin].

and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, 'Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,'

But a certain one of those who stood by, having drawn his sword, struck the bondman of the high priest, and took off his ear.

A certain young man, who was wearing nothing but a linen sheet, was following Jesus. When the men grabbed him,

And they led Jesus away to the high priest, with whom were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the court- yard of the High Priest, was sitting there among the police- officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire.

For, though there were many who gave false evidence against him, yet their evidence did not agree.

at last there appear'd some, who gave in false evidence against him,

And some of them began to spit on Him, then to cover His face [with a blindfold] and hit Him [with their fists], saying, "Prophesy [i.e., tell who hit you]." And the officers in charge of Him also struck Him with their hands.

The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by, "This is one of them."

But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it."

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

Immediately the rooster crowed for the second time and Peter was reminded of the words of Jesus, who had said to him, "You will deny [knowing] me three times before the rooster crows twice." And as he thought about this, he cried.

Now at the feast he used to release unto them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

So Pilate, who wished to make himself strong with the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and gave Jesus over for crucifixion, after he had scourged him.

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

And they would have given him, myrrhed wine, - who, however, received it not.

And they crucified Him, and divided up His clothes among themselves, casting lots for them to see who should take what.

29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha. You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

Those who were passing by were insulting Him with abusive and insolent language, wagging their heads [as a sign of contempt], and saying, “Ha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in [only] three days,

Let the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe and trust [in Him]!” Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls for Elias.

And when the centurion, who stood by over against him, saw that he so gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

who taking down the body, wrapped it in a fine linnen cloth, which he had bought, and laid it in a sepulchre, which was hewn out of a rock, and roll'd a stone for a door to the sepulchre: and Mary Magdalene,

Now when the Sabbath day was over [i.e., after sunset on Saturday evening], Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of James [i.e., the "other Mary" of Matt. 28:1, who was probably Jesus' mother. See Matt. 27:56]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56], bought spices [i.e., consisting of aloes and other aromatic perfumes] in order to apply them to His body [i.e., as a means of embalming].

And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

And he saith unto them, Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who hath been crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold, the place where they laid him!

So they went out, and ran from the tomb, for they were trembling and amazed; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid??9 Now after his resurrection, early on the first day of the week he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

She went and brought word to those that had been with him, who were grieving and weeping.

And they went and reported it to the rest, who did not believe them either.

Afterwards as they lay at table he was manifested to the eleven, and reproached them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him risen.

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak in new tongues;

They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning wer eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

There was in the time of Herod, the king of Judaea, a priest of the name of Zechariah, belonging to the class of Abijah. He had a wife who was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

They were both righteous people, who lived blameless lives, guiding their steps by all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

But the angel said to him: " Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, whom you shall call by the name John.

He is the one who will go before the Lord with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and to prepare the people to be ready for the Lord."

And the angel answering, said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;

Now the people who waited [outside] for Zacharias were very surprised that he was staying in the Temple so long.

it is the Lord, said she, who has thus favour'd me, at the time when he took care to remove the reproach I was under among men.

To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

you shall be now pregnant, and be delivered of a son, whom you shall name JESUS.

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

and happy is she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.'

"My spirit exults in the God, who is my Saviour,

For He who is mighty did to me great things, And holy is His name,

“And His mercy is upon generation after generation
Toward those who [stand in great awe of God and] fear Him.

He has manifested His supreme strength. He has scattered those who were haughty in the thoughts of their hearts.

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has exalted those who were humble.

He has filled those who are hungry with good [things], and those who are rich he has sent away empty-handed.

And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.

And fear came upon all who dwelt round about them; and in the whole hill-country of Judaea all these things were the subject of conversation.

And all who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? And the Lord's hand was with him.

"May the Lord be praised, [who is] the God of the Israelites, for He has come to [the aid of] His people and bought them back [i.e., from bondage].

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

deliverance from our enemies and out of the hand of all who hate us;

That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,

by the tender mercy of our God, who will make the Dawn visit us from on high,

to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.

Now there were [some] shepherds in that region who were living in the fields and guarding their flocks [of sheep] at night.

for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.

Then suddenly there appeared with the angel a large number of the heavenly "army" [i.e., of angels], who were praising God and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased.

And they went hurrying and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the manger.