and inasmuch as I have gone carefully over them all myself from the very beginning, I have decided, O Theophilus, to write them out in order for your excellency,

for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, he will drink neither wine nor strong drink, he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth;

Now at that very hour she came up, and she offered praise to God and spoke of him to all who were on the outlook for the redemption of Jerusalem.

rejoice on that day and leap for joy! rich is your reward in heaven for their fathers did the very same to the prophets.

Now there was an army-captain who had a servant ill whom he valued very highly. This man was at the point of death;

Then he said to them, "Where is your faith?" They marvelled in awe, saying to one another, "Whatever can he be? He gives orders to the very winds and water, and they obey him!"

Whoever will not receive you, leave that town and shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them."

'The very dust of your town that clings to us, we wipe off from our feet as a protest. But mark this, the Reign of God is near!'

The seventy came back with joy. "Lord," they said, "the very daemons obey us in your name."

(Look! perhaps your very light is dark.)

But the very hairs on your head are all numbered; fear not, you are worth far more than sparrows.

But God said to him, 'Foolish man, this very night your soul is wanted; and who will get all you have prepared?'

and fain to eat up the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. (The very dogs used to come and lick his ulcers.)

But he replied, "I tell you, if they were to keep quiet, the very stones would shout."

You will be betrayed by your very parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

"I tell you truly," said Jesus, "you will be in paradise with me this very day."

That very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus about seven miles from Jerusalem.

So they got up and returned that very hour to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven and their friends all gathered,