and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,

for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

And the messenger answering said to him, 'I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,

To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.

And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.

and it hath been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit -- not to see death before he may see the Christ of the Lord.

which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples,

thou, then, if thou mayest bow before me -- all shall be thine.'

And Jesus answering him said, 'Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,

and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus,

And presently having risen before them, having taken up that on which he was lying, he went away to his house, glorifying God,

this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, 'What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

And the woman, having seen that she was not hid, trembling, came, and having fallen before him, for what cause she touched him declared to him before all the people, and how she was healed presently;

and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

and he sent messengers before his face, and having gone on, they went into a village of Samaritans, to make ready for him,

And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, 'I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,

and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.

'Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,

and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

'And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

and lo, there was a certain dropsical man before him;

'But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

'So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee,

and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.

and he said to them, 'Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, is abomination before God;

and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, 'Son of David, deal kindly with me.'

and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that way he was about to pass by.

but those my enemies, who did not wish me to reign over them, bring hither and slay before me.'

And having said these things, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.

and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

and he said unto them, 'With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,

and he said, 'I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.'

And while he is speaking, lo, a multitude, and he who is called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming before them, and he came nigh to Jesus to kiss him,

And the Lord having turned did look on Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him -- 'Before a cock shall crow, thou mayest disown me thrice;'

and both Pilate and Herod became friends on that day with one another, for they were before at enmity between themselves.

said unto them, 'Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him;

and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.

And he said to them, 'What things?' And they said to him, 'The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who became a man -- a prophet -- powerful in deed and word, before God and all the people,

and having taken, he did eat before them,

and they, having bowed before him, did turn back to Jerusalem with great joy,