Exact Word Count many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zachariass=hlblue>as, of the course of Abia: and his wife wass=hlblue>as of the daughters of Aaron, and her name wass=hlblue>as Elisabeth. barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. saw him, he wass=hlblue>as troubled, and fear fell upon him. : for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. , to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. , and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. soon ass=hlgree>as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name wass=hlblue>as Mary. troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. called barren. , and saluted Elisabeth. filled with the Holy Ghost: soon ass=hlgree>as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. , after the name of his father. ked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. with him. wass=hlblue>as filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. first made when Cyrenius wass=hlblue>as governor of Syria.) of the house and lineage of David:) , that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. no room for them in the inn. with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. told them concerning this child. it wass=hlblue>as told unto them. called Jesus, which wass=hlblue>as so named of the angel before he wass=hlblue>as conceived in the womb. it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) a man in Jerusalem, whose name wass=hlblue>as Simeon; and the same man wass=hlblue>as just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost wass=hlblue>as upon him. revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of ass=hlblue>Aser: she wass=hlblue>as of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. upon him. twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. king them questions. tonished at his understanding and answers. subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. the tetrarch of Abilene, and Caiaphass=hlblue>as being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zachariass=hlblue>as in the wilderness. it is written in the book of the words of Esaiass=hlblue>as the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ked him, saying, What shall we do then? the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, opened, wass=hlblue>as supposed) the son of Joseph, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Levi, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Melchi, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Janna, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathiass=hlblue>as, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Amos, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Naum, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Esli, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Nagge, the son of Maath, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Mattathiass=hlblue>as, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Semei, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Joseph, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Juda, the son of Joanna, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Rhesa, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Zorobabel, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Salathiel, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Addi, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Cosam, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Elmodam, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Er, the son of Jose, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Eliezer, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Jorim, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Matthat, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Juda, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Joseph, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Jonan, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Menan, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Mattatha, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Nathan, which wass=hlblue>as the son of David, the son of Jesse, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Obed, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Booz, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Salmon, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Naasson, the son of Aminadab, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Aram, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Esrom, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Phares, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Juda, the son of Jacob, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Isaac, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Abraham, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Thara, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Nachor, the son of Saruch, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Ragau, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Phalec, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Heber, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Sala, the son of Cainan, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Arphaxad, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Sem, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Noe, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Lamech, the son of Mathusala, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Enoch, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Jared, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Maleleel, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Seth, which wass=hlblue>as the son of Adam, which wass=hlblue>as the son of God. led by the Spirit into the wilderness, his custom wass=hlblue>as, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaiass=hlblue>as. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it wass=hlblue>as written, , when the heaven wass=hlblue>as shut up three years and six months, when great famine wass=hlblue>as throughout all the land; Eliass=hlblue>as sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that wass=hlblue>as a widow. cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. built, that they might cast him down headlong. tonished at his doctrine: for his word wass=hlblue>as with power. a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. 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. Christ. day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. ass=hlblue>astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. he wass=hlblue>as teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord wass=hlblue>as present to heal them. taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. this, what David did, when himself wass=hlblue>as an hungred, and they which were with him; a man whose right hand wass=hlblue>as withered. k you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? restored whole ass=hlgree>as the other. day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; , James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, the brother of James, and Judass=hlblue>as Iscariot, which also wass=hlblue>as the traitor. evil, for the Son of man's sake. keth of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ass=hlblue>ask them not again. ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. much again. your Father also is merciful. his master. founded upon a rock. great. dear unto him, wass=hlblue>as sick, and ready to die. worthy for whom he should do this: now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she wass=hlblue>as a widow: and much people of the city wass=hlblue>as with her. dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it wass=hlblue>as trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. soon ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. ked him, saying, What might this parable be? told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. they sailed he fell ass=hlblue>asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. a calm. kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and wass=hlblue>as driven of the devil into the wilderness.) ked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. possessed of the devils wass=hlblue>as healed. returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: he went the people thronged him. not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she wass=hlblue>as healed immediately. dead. tonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what wass=hlblue>as done. done by him: and he wass=hlblue>as perplexed, because that it wass=hlblue>as said of some, that John wass=hlblue>as risen from the dead; had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets wass=hlblue>as risen again. ide privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. he wass=hlblue>as alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he ass=hlblue>asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? ; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. hamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ass=hlblue>ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. he prayed, the fashion of his countenance wass=hlblue>as altered, and his raiment wass=hlblue>as white and glistering. : they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Eliass=hlblue>as: not knowing what he said. they entered into the cloud. past, Jesus wass=hlblue>as found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. he wass=hlblue>as yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ass=hlblue>ask him of that saying. come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, ass=hlgree>as though he would go to Jerusalem. Eliass=hlblue>as did? they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. lambs among wolves. they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. are set before you: hes. lightning fall from heaven. thyself. at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. he journeyed, came where he wass=hlblue>as: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. he wass=hlblue>as praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, ass=hlgree>as John also taught his disciples. in heaven, so in earth. many ass=hlgree>as he needeth. k, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. keth receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. k bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ass=hlblue>ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? k an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? k him? casting out a devil, and it wass=hlblue>as dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil wass=hlblue>as gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. the prophet. Jonass=hlblue>as wass=hlblue>as a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. ; and, behold, a greater than Jonass=hlblue>as is here. when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; , which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: not arrayed like one of these. k the more. thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and wass=hlblue>as bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. made straight, and glorified God. s from the stall, and lead him away to watering? hamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. leavened. a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. a certain man before him which had the dropsy. s or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. not able to finish. lost. one of thy hired servants. yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. dead, and is alive again; he wass=hlblue>as lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. in the field: and ass=hlgree>as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. ked what these things meant. angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. soon ass=hlgree>as this thy son wass=hlblue>as come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother wass=hlblue>as dead, and is alive again; and wass=hlblue>as lost, and is found. a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same wass=hlblue>as accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. hamed. a certain rich man, which wass=hlblue>as clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: a certain beggar named Lazarus, which wass=hlblue>as laid at his gate, full of sores, carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and wass=hlblue>as buried; a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. our duty to do. he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: they went, they were cleansed. healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, a Samaritan. demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. it wass=hlblue>as in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. it wass=hlblue>as in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even ass=hlgree>as this publican. his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. a little child shall in no wise enter therein. ked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? very sorrowful: for he wass=hlblue>as very rich. very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. he wass=hlblue>as come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: ked what it meant. come near, he ass=hlblue>asked him, a man named Zacchaeus, which wass=hlblue>as the chief among the publicans, and he wass=hlblue>as rich. ; and could not for the press, because he wass=hlblue>as little of stature. to pass that way. gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. he also is a son of Abraham. lost. they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he wass=hlblue>as nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: cending up to Jerusalem. come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, k you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. he had said unto them. they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? he went, they spread their clothes in the way. come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, k you one thing; and answer me: it from heaven, or of men? a prophet. . ked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: ked him, k him any question at all. some spake of the temple, how it wass=hlblue>as adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. ked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. it wass=hlblue>as determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! that should do this thing. also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. the younger; and he that is chief, ass=hlgree>as he that doth serve. he that serveth. my Father hath appointed unto me; wheat: reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. he wass=hlblue>as wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, ass=hlgree>as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, called Judass=hlblue>as, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. , betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? against a thief, with swords and staves? daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man wass=hlblue>as also with him. with him: for he is a Galilaean. ked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? soon ass=hlgree>as it wass=hlblue>as day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying, k you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. ked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. ked whether the man were a Galilaean. soon ass=hlgree>as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also wass=hlblue>as at Jerusalem at that time. exceeding glad: for he wass=hlblue>as desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: : cast into prison.) they required. cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, This Is the King of the Jews. about the sixth hour, and there wass=hlblue>as a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. darkened, and the veil of the temple wass=hlblue>as rent in the midst. done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this wass=hlblue>as a righteous man. a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he wass=hlblue>as a good man, and a just: of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. hewn in stone, wherein never man before wass=hlblue>as laid. the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. laid. they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? yet in Galilee, Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. idle tales, and they believed them not. come to pass. from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. ye walk, and are sad? Cleopass=hlblue>as, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: tonished, which were early at the sepulchre; alive. the women had said: but him they saw not. though he would have gone further. he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. known of them in breaking of bread. they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. ye see me have. yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. far ass=hlgree>as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. parted from them, and carried up into heaven. |