The birth of Christ was thus. His mother Mary having been espoused to Joseph, before they came together, was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

And hearing the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they saw in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your father in heaven.

leave there your gift before the altar, and go and first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

But take heed not to perform your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise indeed, you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

When, therefore, you give in charity, sound not a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward.

Be not, therefore, like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Give not a holy thing to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and turn and rend you.

And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us?

and you shall be brought before governors, and kings, for my sake, for a testimony to them and the nations.

Every one, therefore, who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father in heaven;

and whoever denies me before men, him will I also deny before my Father in heaven.

For this is he of whom it is written; Behold, I send my messenger before your face, to prepare your way before you.

And Herod's birthday being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

And he immediately constrained the disciples to go into a ship and go before him to the other side, till he should dismiss the multitudes.

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments were white as the light.

and the multitudes that went before, and those that followed, cried saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest [heavens]!

Which of the two did the will of the father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them, I tell you truly, that the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you enter not into it, neither do you suffer those entering to go in.

Behold, I have told you before.

For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the day that Noah entered the ark,

and all the nations shall be assembled before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

but after I have risen I will go before you into Galilee.

Jesus said to him, I tell you truly, that this night, before the cock crows, you will deny me thrice.

But he denied it before all, saying, I know not what you say.

and Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who said, Before a cock crows you will deny me thrice; and he went out and wept bitterly.

And Jesus stood before the procurator; and the procurator asked him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, As you say.

And Pilate seeing that he accomplished nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this man; see you to it.

and making a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they knelt before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

and go immediately and tell his disciples that he is raised from the dead; and behold, he will go before you into Galilee; there shall you see him. Behold, I have told you.