Jesus

And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,

and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, `Lo, this one is set for the falling and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against--

and she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

and she, at that hour, having come in, was confessing, likewise, to the Lord, and was speaking concerning him, to all those looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,

and when he became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,

and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know,

and, having supposed him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and were seeking him among the kindred and among the acquaintances,

and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.

And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,

and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, `Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.'

And he said unto them, `Why is it that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,

and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;

And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals--he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,

and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son--the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness,