Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.

This is the one about whom it is written, 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!"

When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained 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 gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God."

Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.

because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.'

The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.

Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God's angels.

But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God's angels.

But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

So the first one came before him and said, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.'

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him."

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, 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.

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.

He said to them, "What things?" "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene," they replied, "a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;