Now the birth of Christ was on this wise: His mother Mary, being espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and yet not willing to make her a publick example, purposed to put her away privily.

saying, Behold the virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a Son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us.)

Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

And being come into the house, they saw the young child, with Mary his mother; and falling down, they worshiped him. And opening their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

And being warned of God in a dream, not to return to Herod, they went back into their own country another way.

and came into the land of Israel, But having heard, Archelaus reigneth over Judea, in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither, and being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the region of Galilee.

And Jesus being baptized, went up straightway from the water, and lo the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him.

If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

Ye brood of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatever she should ask. And being before instructed by her mother,

And his lord being wroth, delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him.

And being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast what is thine.

And not being able to come nigh him for the croud, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having broken it up, they let down the couch whereon the paralytic lay.

But they held their peace. And looking round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored.

And taking the damsel by the hand he said to her, Talitha cumi, which is, being interpreted, Damsel, (I say to thee) arise.

And a convenient day being come, when Herod on his birth-day made a feast, for his lords, captains, and principal men of Galilee:

In those days, the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat,

And he came to Capernaum. And being in the house, he asked them, What was it ye disputed among yourselves by the way?

And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and having looked round about upon all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

And he being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very costly; and shaking the box, she poured it on his head.

And they bring him to the place, Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, the place of a skull.

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? Which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And the evening being now come, (because it was the preparation, that is,

That he would grant us, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies,

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts, till the day of his being shewn to Israel.

(because he was of the family and houshold of David) To be inrolled with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Annas being the high priest and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

But Herod the tetrarch being reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and concerning all the evils which Herod had done, Added also this above all,

Now while all the people were baptizing, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized,

And Jesus was about thirty years of age, when he began his ministry, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, who was the son of Heli,

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing, and when they were ended he hungered.

And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

And the men being come to him, said, John the Baptist hath sent us to thee, saying, Art thou he that should come, or look we for another?

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

But the Pharisees and scribes made void the counsel of God, toward themselves, being not baptized of him.

And much people being gathered together, coming to him out of every city, he spake by a parable, A sower went forth to sow his seed:

If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

And the multitudes being gathered thick together, he said, This is an evil generation: it seeketh a sign; but no sign shall be given it, save the sign of Jonah.

In the mean time, an innumerable multitude being gathered together, so that they trod one upon another, he said to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

And the ruler of the synagogue, being much displeased, because Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, answered and said, There are six days, in which man ought to work: on these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath.

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound lo these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath?

So the servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the disabled, and the lame, and the blind.

And in hell lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom.

And being asked by the Pharisees, When cometh the kingdom of God, He answered them and said, The kingdom of God, cometh not with observation.

For neither can they die any more; for they are equal to angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

But before all these things they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my names sake.

Then entered Satan into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spake to you being yet in Galilee,

But being terrified and affrighted, they thought they saw a spirit.

And he said to them, These are the words which I spake to you, being yet with you, that all things written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms concerning me, must be fulfilled.

saith to them, What seek ye? They said to him, Rabbi, (that is, being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou?

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted the Christ.)

Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with the journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Then saith the woman of Samaria to him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

This second miracle again Jesus wrought, being come out of Judea into Galilee.

And he that was healed knew not who he was; for Jesus had retired, a multitude being in the place.

He spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon; for he it was that would betray him, being one of the twelve.

Nicodemus (he that had come to Jesus by night, being one of them) saith to them,

The Jews answered him, We stone thee not for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

And one of them, Caiaphas, being the high priest that year,

He spake not this of himself, but being high-priest that year, he prophesied, that Jesus should die for the nation:

One of the servants of the high priest (being kinsman to him whose ear Peter had cut off) saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?

And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews) asked Pilate leave, to take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore and took the body of Jesus.

The same day, the first day of the week, at evening, the doors being shut, where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, Peace be unto you.

And eight days after, his disciples were again within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst and said, Peace be unto you.

To whom also he presented himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

But ye shall receive power, the Holy Ghost being come upon you, and shall be witnesses to me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.

Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands, have crucified and slain:

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, That of the fruit of his loins one should sit on his throne,

Being therefore exalted by the right-hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

and the Saducees came upon them, Being grieved that they had healed the lame man, and preached thro' Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

And being let go, they went to their own company, and related all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

And Joses, by the apostles surnamed Barnabas, which is, being interpreted, a son of consolation,

And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and, bringing a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

And hearing this, they went into the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest being come, and they that were with him, called together the council, even the whole senate of the children of Israel,

The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, And said to him,

And forty years being expired, the angel of the Lord appeared to him, in the wilderness, in a flame of fire in a bush.

But he being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up stedfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right-hand of God:

And Simon himself believed also; and being baptized, he continued with Philip, and was astonished, beholding the signs and mighty miracles which were done.

Who being come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.

And Saul arose from the earth; and his eyes being opened, he saw no man; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

Then the church through all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria had peace: and being built up, and walking in the fear of God, and the comfort of the Holy Ghost, was multiplied.

And he found there a certain man named Eneas, who had kept his bed eight years, being ill of a palsy.

And Lydda being near Joppa, the disciples hearing Peter was there, sent to him two men, desiring that he would not delay to come to them.

Then Peter arose and went with them; whom being come, they brought into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

And looking stedfastly on him, and being affrighted, he said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thy alms are come up for a memorial before God.

Therefore being sent for, I came without gain-saying. I ask therefore, for what intent ye have sent for me?

Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, who is surnamed Peter: he lodgeth in the house of Simon a tanner by the sea, who being come, shall speak to thee.

and being in a trance, I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down from heaven by the four corners, and it came even to me:

And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory; and being eaten by worms, he expired.

So being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, they went down to Seleucia, and from thence sailed to Cyprus.

And being at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John for their attendant.

Then the proconsul, seeing what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

And when there was an assault both of the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, Being aware of it,

And being come and having gathered the church together, they related all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.