You are to conceive and bear a son, and you must call his name Jesus.

When the eight days had passed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus ??the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

By an inspiration of the Spirit he came to the temple, and when the parents of the child Jesus carried him in to perform the customary regulations of the law for him,

After spending the full number of days they came back, but the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know of this;

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man.

Now when all the people had been baptized and when Jesus had been baptized and was praying, heaven opened

At the outset Jesus was about thirty years of age; he was the son, as people supposed, of Joseph, the son of Heli,

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

From the Jordan Jesus came back full of the holy Spirit,

Jesus replied to him, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone."

Then he lifted Jesus up and showed him all the realms of the universe in a single instant;

Jesus answered him, "It is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."

Jesus answered him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

Then Jesus came back in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and the news of him spread over all the surrounding country.

"Ha! Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

But Jesus checked it, saying, "Be quiet, come out of him." And after throwing him down before them the daemon did come out of him without doing him any harm.

But when Simon Peter saw it he fell at the knees of Jesus, crying, "Lord, leave me; I am a sinful man."

as was the case with James and John, the sons of Zebedaeus, who were partners of Simon. Then said Jesus to Simon, "Have no fear; from now your catch will be men."

When he was in one of their towns, there was a man full of leprosy who, on seeing Jesus, fell on his face and besought him, "If you only choose, sir, you can cleanse me."

Jesus ordered him not to say a word to anybody, but to "Go off and show yourself to the priest, and offer whatever Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."

Some men came up carrying a man who was paralysed; they tried to carry him inside and lay him in front of Jesus,

but when they could not find any means of getting him in, on account of the crowd, they climbed to the top of the house and let him down through the tiles, mattress and all among the people in front of Jesus.

Conscious that they were arguing to themselves, Jesus addressed them, saying, "Why argue in your hearts?

Jesus replied to them, "Healthy people have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill:

Jesus said to them, "Can you make friends at a wedding fast while the bride groom is beside them?

But Jesus answered them, "And have you never read what David did when he and his men were hungry?

Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it right on the sabbath to help or to hurt, to save life or to kill?"

This filled them with fury, and they discussed what they could do to Jesus.

so, when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and make his servant well.

When they reached Jesus they asked him earnestly to do this. "He deserves to have this favour from you," they said,

So Jesus went with them. But he was not far from the house when the captain sent some friends to tell him, "Do not trouble yourself, sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof,

When Jesus heard this he marvelled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed he said, "I tell you, I have never met faith like this anywhere even in Israel."

Then the corpse sat up and began to speak; and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

And this story of Jesus spread through the whole of Judaea and all the surrounding country.

When the men reached Jesus they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask if you are the Coming One or if we are to look out for someone else?"

Jesus at that moment was healing many people of diseases and complaints and evil spirits; he also bestowed sight on many blind folk.

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

Then Jesus addressed him. "Simon," he said, "I have something to say to you." "Speak, teacher," he said.

On catching sight of Jesus he shrieked aloud and prayed him with a loud cry, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? Do not torture me, I beg of you."

So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he said, for a number of daemons had entered him.

The people came out to see what had occurred and when they reached Jesus they discovered the man whom the daemons had left, seated at the feet of Jesus, clothed and sane. That frightened them.

The man whom the daemons had left begged that he might accompany him. Jesus, however, sent him away, saying,

"Go home and describe all that God has done for you." So he went off to proclaim through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

On his return Jesus was welcomed by the crowd; they were all looking out for him.

A man called Jairus came, who was a president of the synagogue, and falling at the feet of Jesus entreated him to come to his house,

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

Jesus said, "Who touched me?" As everyone denied it, Peter and his companions said, "Master, the crowds are all round you pressing hard!"

Jesus said, "Somebody did touch me, for I felt power had passed from me."

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

Then the apostles came back and described all they had done to Jesus. He took them and retired in private to a town called Bethsaida,

When they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" (not knowing what he was saying).

When the voice ceased, they found themselves alone with Jesus. And in those days they kept silence and told nobody anything of what they had seen.

Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I still be with you and bear with you? Fetch your son here."

Before the boy could reach Jesus, the daemon dashed him down and convulsed him, but Jesus checked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and handed him back to his father.

Jesus knew the dispute that occupied their minds, so he took hold of a little child and set it by his side;

Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him; he who is not against you is for you."

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you go and spread the news of the Reign of God."

Jesus said to him, "No one is any use to the Reign of God who puts his hand to the plough and then looks behind him."

"A right answer!" said Jesus; "do that and you will live."

Anxious to make an excuse for himself, however, he said to Jesus, "But who is my neighbour?"

Jesus rejoined, "A man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho fell among robbers who stripped and belaboured him and then went off leaving him half-dead.

He said, "The man who took pity on him." Jesus said to him, "Then go and do the same."

Jesus noticed her and called to her, "Woman, you are released from your weakness."

But the president of the synagogue was annoyed at Jesus healing on the sabbath, and he said to the crowd, "There are six days for work to be done; come during them to get healed, instead of on the sabbath."

so Jesus asked the jurists and Pharisees, "Is it right to heal on the sabbath or not?"

They held their peace. Then Jesus took hold of the man and cured him and sent him off.

Jesus said to him, "There was a man who was giving a large supper, to which he had invited a number of guests.

and lifted up their voice, saying, "Jesus, master, have pity on us."

and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

So Jesus said, "Were all the ten not cleansed? Where are the other nine?

but Jesus called for the infants. "Let the children come to me," he said, "do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but God.

When Jesus heard this he said to him, "You lack one thing more; sell all you have, distribute the money among the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God!

and they told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by.

So he shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!"

So Jesus stopped and ordered them to bring him, and asked him when he approached,

And Jesus said to him, "Regain your sight, your faith has made you well."

who tried to see what Jesus was like; but he could not, on account of the crowd ??for he was small of stature.

But when Jesus reached the spot he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down at once, for I must stay at your house to-day."

And Jesus said of him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since Zacchaeus here is a son of Abraham.

So they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their clothes on the colt they mounted Jesus upon it.

Jesus said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do."

Jesus said to them, "People in this world marry and are married,

So Jesus despatched Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us that we may eat it."

But Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles rule over them, and their authorities take the name of 'Benefactor':

Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow to-day before you have three times denied that you know me."

While he was still speaking, there came a mob headed by the man called Judas, one of the twelve. He approached in order to kiss Jesus,

but Jesus said to him, "Judas! would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?"

Now when the supporters of Jesus saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

Jesus said, "Let me do this at least," and cured him by touching his ear.

Meantime the men who had Jesus in custody flogged him and made fun of him;

Herod was greatly delighted to see Jesus; he had long wanted to see him, because he had heard about him and also because he hoped to see him perform some miracle.

But though he put many questions to him, Jesus gave him no answer.

Again Pilate addressed them, for he wanted to release Jesus,

he released the man they wanted, the man who had been imprisoned for riot and murder, and Jesus he handed over to their will.

As they led him off they caught hold of Simon a Cyrenian on his way from the country and laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.

but Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me but weep for yourselves and for your children!

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.