it seemed fitting for me as well, [and so I have decided] after having carefully searched out and investigated all the events accurately, from the very beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus;

The angel replied and said to him, “I am Gabriel; I stand and minister in the [very] presence of God, and I have been sent [by Him] to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

There was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, and had lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage,

If you [only] love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

At that very hour Jesus healed many people of sicknesses and infirmities and evil spirits; and He gave [the gracious gift of] sight to many who were blind.

When a large crowd was gathering together, and people from city after city were coming to Him, He spoke [to them] using a parable:

Indeed the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are far more valuable than many sparrows.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own all the things you have prepared?’

I say to you, you [absolutely] will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent.”

At that very hour some Pharisees came up and said to Him, “Leave and go away from here, because Herod [Antipas] wants to kill You.”

“He who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little thing is also dishonest in much.

but on the [very] day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone (burning sulfur) from heaven and destroyed them all.

But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you proved yourself faithful and trustworthy in a very little thing, you shall [now] have authority over ten cities [in my kingdom].’

Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these [people] keep silent, the stones will cry out [in praise]!”

But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is [the meaning of] this that is written:

‘The [very] Stone which the builders rejected,
this became the chief Cornerstone’?

The scribes and the chief priests tried to [find a way to] arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; because they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

people fainting from fear and expectation of the [dreadful] things coming on the world; for the [very] powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Now that very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other—before this they had been enemies.

And then, that very day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

They got up that very hour and went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven [apostles] gathered together and those who were with them,