It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He will drink no wine or strong drink, but he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth,

And Zacharias said to the angel, "How will I know this? For I am an old man and my wife is [also] very old."

The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel; I stand in the very presence of God. I have been sent to talk with you and to tell you this good news.

you shall now become dumb and not recover your speech, till the very day when these things shall happen; because you distrusted my words, which in due time shall have their effect.

Now the people who waited [outside] for Zacharias were very surprised that he was staying in the Temple so long.

But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was.

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

[Suddenly] an angel from the Lord [was seen] standing near them and the glorious presence of the Lord shone around them, and they were very afraid.

but Mary considered these things very attentively, and weigh'd every circumstance in her mind, while the shepherds return'd,

And, thou! through thy very soul, shall pass a sword, that, reasonings, may be revealed, out of many hearts.

And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life

She was very old; from girlhood she had lived seven years with a husband, and now had been a widow eighty years. She never left the temple, but continued to worship all day and all night with fastings and prayers.

and, in that very hour, coming near, she began to give thanks unto God, and to speak concerning him unto all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

When His parents [finally] saw Him, they were very surprised and His mother asked Him, "Son, why have you treated us this way? Look, your [step-] father and I have been anxiously searching for you."

Let your lives, then, prove your repentance; and do not begin to say among yourselves 'Abraham is our ancestor,' for I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise descendants for Abraham!

As the people were in a doubt, and all men disputed in their hearts of John: Whether he were very Christ;

he answered the question by saying to them all, "As for me, I am baptizing you with water, but One mightier than I is coming, whose very sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten: He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and with fire.

and the Holy Spirit came down on Him in a physical form, as a dove, and a voice spoke out of heaven [saying], "You are my dearly loved Son. I am very pleased with you."

During the forty days He was being put to the test by the devil, He did not eat anything; then after it was over He was [very] hungry.

And Jesus began: "This very day this passage has been fulfilled in your hearing."

And he said unto them, "Ye may very well say unto me this proverb. 'Physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do the same here likewise in thine own country.'"

In very truth I tell you there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.

And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her

And [when they] did this, they caught a very large number of fish, and their nets began to tear.

And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;

"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.

rejoice on that day and leap for joy! rich is your reward in heaven for their fathers did the very same to the prophets.

If ye love them which love you: what thank are ye worthy of? For the very sinners love their lovers.

And if ye do for them which do for you: what thank are ye worthy of? For the very sinners do even the same.

If ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive: what thank shall ye have: for the very sinners, lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

accordingly they came to Jesus and earnestly pressed him, saying, he very well deserves you should do him this favour; for he loves our nation,

And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city was with her.

Now when the Lord saw her, He felt very sorry for her and said to her, "Do not cry."

At that very hour He cured many people of diseases and scourges and evil spirits, and graciously granted sight to many blind persons.

This is the very man of whom Scripture says--'Behold, I am sending my Messenger before thy face, And he shall prepare thy way before thee.'

When a large crowd was gathering together, and people from city after city were coming to Him, He spoke [to them] using a parable:

some fell upon very stony ground, which no sooner sprung up, but it wither'd away, for want of moisture:

But his disciples began to question him - What might, this very, parable be?

Then he said to them, "Where is your faith?" They marvelled in awe, saying to one another, "Whatever can he be? He gives orders to the very winds and water, and they obey him!"

For he had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound, kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

All the people of the surrounding country of the Geresenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.

And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet, for a testimony against them."

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

As he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white.

Now Peter and those with him were {very sleepy}, but [when they] became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were standing with him.

Even the very dust, which cleaveth on us of your city, we wipe off against you: Notwithstanding, mark this, that the kingdom of God was come nigh upon you.

And the seventy returned again with joy saying, Lord, even the very devils are subdued to us through thy name.

At that very moment, by the power of the Holy Spirit, He exulted and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, I thank you that your good pleasure made it so.

and Martha was very busy about much serving. And standing over Him, she said, Lord, is there no care to thee that my sister has left me to serve alone? then say to her that she must assist me.

The queen of the south will rise at the judgment with the men of this age and will condemn them, for she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom; and yet, One who is more than Solomon is here.

Your eye is the very lamp of your body. When your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light. But if your eye is unsound, your body is full of darkness.

So be on your guard that the very source of light in you is not darkness.

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects,

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.

And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is to be demanded of you. Then who will have all that you have prepared?'

If then you are not even able [to do] a very little thing, why are you anxious about the rest?

"Consider how [wild] lilies grow; they do not work or weave, yet I tell you, even Solomon, clothed in his very finest royal robes, was never dressed [as luxuriously] as one of these [flowers].

For all these are the very things the nations of the world are greedily trying to get, and surely your Father well knows that you need them.

And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It is going to be very hot,' and so it is.

I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.'"

In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out, and go hence: for Herod would fain kill thee.

"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.

But the father turned to his servants and said 'Be quick and fetch a robe--the very best--and put it on him; give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet;

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

a certain beggar named Lazarus, was lying at his gate, and tho' cover'd with ulcers, the very dogs came and fawned upon him.

and he was always craving to get a square meal from the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, the very dogs used to come and lick his sores.

eating and drinking, marriages and matches was the business till the very day that Noah entred into the ark, when the flood came and overwhelm'd them all.

and the very day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

I tell you, He will grant justice to them quickly. However, will the Son of man find [very many] believing people on the earth when He returns?"

And the ruler replied, "I have [already] been observing all of these commandments since I was [very] young."

And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Then Peter said to Him, "We have left our very own, homes and all, and have followed you."

and behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, who was the chief publican, and very rich.

was very desirous to see the person of Jesus, but could not for the crowd, he being of a low stature.

And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

in these words, "O that thou hadst consider'd, at least in this very day, the opportunity you had of being happy! but now alas! it is vanish'd from your eyes."

And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

'What shall I do?' said the owner of the vineyard. 'I will send my son, who is very dear to me. Perhaps they will respect him.'

But Jesus looked at them and said: "What then is the meaning of this passage?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner-stone.'

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

which some of the Scribes approving, said to him, master, what you maintain is very just:

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.

you will be betrayed even by your very parents, and brethren, and kindred, and friends. nay, some of you they will prosecute even to death.

people fainting from fear and expectation of the [dreadful] things coming on the world; for the [very] powers of the heavens will be shaken.

And all the people were getting up very early in the morning [to come] to him in the temple [courts] to listen to him.

And they were very pleased, so agreed to give him money.

And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground.

When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth hands against me. But this is even your very hour, and the power of darkness."

The Master turned and looked on Peter; and Peter recollected the Master's words, how He had said to him, "This very day, before the cock crows, you will disown me three times."

"Art thou very Christ? Tell us." And he said unto them, "If I shall tell you, ye will not believe.