Once when he was acting as priest before God, when his division was on duty, it fell to his lot,

He will go before Him in the spirit and the power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the upright, to make ready for the Lord a people perfectly prepared."

And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready His ways,

When He was eight days old and it was time to circumcise Him, He was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before Mary had conceived Him.

which you prepared before all peoples,

They supposed that He was somewhere in the caravan, and so they traveled a whole day before they began to make an anxious search for Him among His relatives and acquaintances.

So if you will worship before me just once, it shall all be yours."

Now some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were trying to get him in and lay him before Jesus.

Then at once he got up before them all, picked up the pallet on which he had been lying, and went off home, giving praise to God.

This is the man of whom the Scripture says: "'Attention! I send my messenger on before you. He will prepare the road ahead of you.'

When he saw Jesus, he screamed and flung himself down before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"

When the woman saw that she had not escaped His notice, she came forward trembling, and falling down before Him she told in the presence of all the people why she had touched Him and how she had been cured at once.

so He sent messengers before Him. Then they went on and entered into a Samaritan town, to make preparations for Him.

After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on before Him, two by two, to every town or place which He was going to visit.

for a friend of mine has just come to my house on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him to eat.'

The Pharisee noticed that He did not first wash before lunch, and was surprised.

I tell you, everyone who owns me before men the Son of Man will own before the angels of God;

but anyone who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.

Now when they are bringing you before the synagogues or the magistrates or the authorities, never worry about how to defend yourselves, or what to say,

Whether he comes before or after midnight, if he finds them so, happy are they.

For instance, when you are on the way to court with your opponent, take the utmost pains on the way to get entirely rid of him, so that he may not rush you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the sheriff, and the sheriff put you in prison.

Then He said to them, "You are the men who exhibit your uprightness before the public, but God knows your hearts. For what stands high in the sight of men is detestable in the sight of God.

So they could not use what he said before the people, and in astonishment at His answer they said no more.

But before all this takes place, people will arrest you and persecute you, and turn you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

"I solemnly say to you, this generation will not pass away before all this takes place.

And He said to them, "I have heartily desired to eat this Passover supper with you before I suffer.

But He said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow today before you deny three times that you know me!"

Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter, and Peter was reminded of the word that the Lord had spoken to him, "Before a cock crows today, you will disown me three times."

As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled, and brought Him back before their council, and said,

So Herod and Pilate became personal friends that very day; they had been at enmity before.

for the sun had failed to shine. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two.

and He took it and ate it before their eyes.