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And these signs shall follow those who believe: In my name they shall cast out devils, and with new tongues shall they speak;

and serpents they shalt take up; and if the poison of death they drink, it shall not hurt them; and their hands shall they lay upon the sick, and they shall be healed.

And they went forth and preached in every place, and our Lord helped them, and confirmed their words by the signs which they wrought.

(they) who from the first were eye-witnesses and ministers of his doctrine;

And they were both just before Aloha, and walked in all his commandments, and in the righteousness of the Lord, without blame.

But they had no son because Elishaba was barren, and both had become many in their days.

And her neighbours and the sons of her family heard that Aloha had magnified his grace upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

And it was the eighth day, and they came to circumcise the child; and they called him by the name of his father, Zakaria.

And they said to her, No man in thy kindred is called by this name.

And they signed to his father (to show) how he willed they should call him.

And it was that while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should give birth:

and she brought forth her son, the first-born, and wrapped him in bandages, and laid him in the manger; because there was no place for them where they stayed.

And, behold, the angel of Aloha came to them, and the glory of the Lord shone upon them; and they feared with great fear.

And they came with speed, and found Mariam, and Jauseph, and the infant who was laid in the manger;

and when they saw, they showed the word which had been spoken to them concerning the child.

And those shepherds returned, glorifying and praising Aloha for all that they had seen and heard as they had been spoken to them.

And when were completed, the days of their purification according to the law of Musha, they carried him up to Urishlem, to present him [fn] before the Lord:

And when they had fulfilled every thing according to the law of the Lord, they returned unto Galila, to Natsrath their city.

AND when he was a son of twelve years, they went up, as they were used, to the festival.

And when the days (were) fulfilled, they returned. But Jeshu, the child, remained in Urishlem, and Jauseph and his mother knew not.