They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless.

It came to pass, while he was officiating as priest before God, in the order of his class, that,

For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient, by the wisdom of the just, in order to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

in holiness and righteousness before him, all our days.

And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways,

And when eight days were completed for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, as it had been called by the angel, before he was conceived in the womb.

and it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Anointed.

which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

If, therefore, you will bow with reverence before me, all shall be yours.

And behold, men brought, on a bed, a man who was a paralytic. And they sought how they might bring him in, and lay him before him.

And finding no way by which they could bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up on the top of the house, and, through the tiling, let him down, with his bed, into the midst before Jesus.

And he immediately arose before them, took up that on which he had been lying, and went away to his own house, glorifying God.

This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way be fore thee.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice: "What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not.

And the woman, seeing that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and fell down before him, and told him, before all the people, for what cause she had touched him, and that she was immediately restored to health.

And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave them to the disciples, to set before the multitude.

And he sent messengers before his face; and they went, and entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.

And after these things, the Lord appointed seventy others, also, and sent them, two and two, before his face, into every city and place to which he himself was about to go.

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

for a friend of mine, who is on a journey, has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

And when the Pharisee saw it, he wondered that he had not first immersed himself before dinner.

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

And I further say to you, Whoever confesses me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

But he that denies me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.

And behold, there was a man before him, who had the dropsy.

And he said to them: You set yourselves forth as righteous before men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men, is detestable in the sight of God.

And those who went before rebuked him, that he should be silent. But he cried so much the more: Son of David, have mercy on me.

And he ran before, and climbed up a sycamore-tree, that he might see him, for he was about to pass that way.

But those who are my enemies, who were not willing that I should rule over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

And when he had said these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem.

And they were not able to take hold of his words before the people. And they were astonished at his answer, and were silent.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, after being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

Watch, therefore, and pray at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And he said to them: I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.

He replied: I tell you, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day before you have three times denied that you know me.

And while he was yet speaking, behold a multitude; and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and came near to Jesus to kiss him.

And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, that he had said to him, Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.

And on the same day, Pilate and Herod became friends to each other; for, before this, they had been at enmity the one toward the other.

and said to them: You have brought to me this man as one that turns the people away; and behold, I have examined him before you, and have found in this man no fault, with respect to the things of which you accuse him;

And he said to them: What things? They said to him: The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and in word before God and all the people;

And he took it, and did eat before them.