³⁴ And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

³⁵ (And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.

³⁶ And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life

¹⁹ But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.

²⁶ Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,

²⁷ 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.

²⁸ 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.

²⁹ But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?

⁵⁵ Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

⁵⁶ And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things?

⁵⁷ And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

³ When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.

⁴ Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.

⁵ His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.

⁶ Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.

⁴⁸ And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

⁴⁹ And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?

⁵⁰ And his words seemed strange to them.

⁵¹ And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.

⁵² And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

³¹ And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

³² And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

³³ And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?

³⁴ And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!

³⁵ Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

⁴⁶ And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;

⁴⁷ My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.

⁴⁸ 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.

⁴⁹ For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.

⁵⁰ His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.

⁵¹ With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

⁵² He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.

⁵³ Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

⁵⁴ His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

⁵⁵ As he gave his word to our fathers.

⁵⁶ And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

³⁰ And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

³¹ And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

³² He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

³³ He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

³⁴ And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

⁴ And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

⁵ To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.

⁶ And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

⁷ 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.

⁸ And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.

¹⁴ And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

²⁵ Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.

²⁶ So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son!

²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.

²⁸ After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.