Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.

And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.

Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;

And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

And he sent men before: and they came to a small town of Samaria to make ready for him.

Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;

And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.

And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:

For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.

It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.

And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.

And when it was day, the rulers of the people came together, with the chief priests and the scribes, and they took him before their Sanhedrin, saying,

And they all went and took him before Pilate.

But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.

And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.

You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

And before their eyes he took a meal.