Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

“So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

“Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

And a leper came to Him and bowed down before Him, and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

And they cried out, saying, “What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

While He was saying these things to them, a synagogue official came and bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

“Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.

But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

This is the one about whom it is written,
‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’

But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,

And He called a child to Himself and set him before them,

So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

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

All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.”

And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.”

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

And a leper *came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”

Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him;

But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them; and He divided up the two fish among them all.

Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them;

Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,

As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

“But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

And Jesus *said to him, “Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.”

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him.

When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

Now it happened that while he was performing his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division,

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.

“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways;

And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.

And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours.”

Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

This is the one about whom it is written,
‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’

Seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell before Him, and said in a loud voice, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me.”

When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the people.

Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you;

for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;

When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal.

Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

“And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;

but he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name’s sake.

But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

Then the whole body of them got up and brought Him before Pilate.

Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.

and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one who incites the people to rebellion, and behold, having examined Him before you, I have found no guilt in this man regarding the charges which you make against Him.

and He took it and ate it before them.

John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”

This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’

Nathanael *said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

The royal official *said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?

Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them,

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.

Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.

“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

‘The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood,
Before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health.

When they had brought them, they stood them before the Council. The high priest questioned them,

And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them.

And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before the Council.

And he said, “Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods who will go before us; for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt—we do not know what happened to him.’