Seeing, indeed, that, many, had taken in hand to re-arrange for themselves a narrative, concerning the facts which have been fully confirmed amongst us, -

just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,

It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.

And so it happened, when he had completed the [required] days of his ministry, he went home.

And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

no sooner had Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, but the babe leap'd within her:

Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

as he had spoken to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed.

Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

immediately he had the use of his speech: and he uttered himself in praises to God.

And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.

He went there to be registered with Mary, who had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.

It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

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 it happened that when the angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds began to say to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us!"

And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

And all who heard [it] were astonished concerning what had been said to them by the shepherds.

but Mary treasured up all they had said, and pondered over it.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

And when the days for their purification appointed by the Law of Moses had passed, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord--

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

"Because my eyes had seen the salvation,

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.

For they supposed he had been in the company, and therefore came a day's journey, and sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

And He answered, “Why did you have to look for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them.

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, the [visible] heaven was opened,

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River [i.e., where He had been immersed. See 3:21] and was led by the Holy Spirit [See Matt. 4:1] into the desert.

For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and had him stand on the highest point of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.

he undertook to show them, how the passage they had heard, was actually then accomplished.

I assure you, though there were many widows in Israel, when the heaven had furnished no rain for three years and a half, and a great famine spread through all the land:

And in the prophet Elisha’s time, there were many in Israel who had serious skin diseases, yet not one of them was healed —only Naaman the Syrian.”

When they had heard these words, those in the synagogue were filled with fury;

and having risen, they put him forth without the city, and brought him unto the brow of the hill on which their city had been built -- to cast him down headlong,

They were astonished at His teaching because His message had authority.

And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

And He rose up and went out of the synagogue, and came into the house of Simon: now Simon's wife's mother had a violent fever, and they intreated Him on her behalf.

Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

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.

and he saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:

which they had taken, And in like manner also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not: from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

While He was in one of the towns, a man was there who had a serious skin disease all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged Him: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

But the news about what Jesus had done spread all the more widely, so that large crowds assembled to listen to Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

One day as He was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present with Him to heal.

And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

He immediately stood up before them, picked up his stretcher, and went home glorifying and praising God.

And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.

On another Sabbath He had gone to the synagogue and was teaching there; and in the congregation was a man whose right arm was withered.

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.

Then, looking round at them all, he said to the man: "Stretch out your hand." The man did so; and his hand had become sound.

These were Simon, to whom also He had given the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

and, coming down with them, he stood upon a level place, also a great multitude of his disciples, - and a great throng of the people, from all Judaea and Jerusalem and the sea-coast of Tyre and Zidon, who had come to hearken unto him and to be healed from their diseases;

They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Even those who were being tormented by unclean spirits were being healed.

"But how terrible it will be for you who are rich, because you have had your comfort!

he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.

Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

Now a [Roman] centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and on the verge of death.

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

Now as He approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her [in the funeral procession].

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

The man who had been dead sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

And the report of what Jesus had done spread through the whole of Judaea and in all the surrounding districts.

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

At that time Jesus had healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and had given sight to many who were blind.

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.

And [when] the messengers of John had departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

(And all the people, [when they] heard [this]--even the tax collectors--affirmed the righteousness of God, [because they] had been baptized [with] the baptism of John,

but the Pharisees and the legal experts rejected the purpose of God for themselves, [because they] had not been baptized by him.)

And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?