it seemed good to me also accurately, from the very beginning, to write them to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,

She came up at that very hour, and gave thanks to God, and spoke of the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

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;

"'The very dust of your town which clings to your feet we wipe off as protest; but know this, that the kingdom of God is drawing near to you.'

"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.

"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not! You are of more value than many sparrow!

"But God said to him. 'Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be?

"You shall by no means come out of there until you have paid the very last farthing."

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

That very day there came some Pharisees to him, saying, "Get out of here and go away, for Herod wishes to kill you."

"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

"The man who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is unjust in a very little, is unjust also as much.

"And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

"I tell you," he answered, "that if these should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out."

Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter, and Peter recollected the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "This very day, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times."

Herod and Pilate became friends again from that very day; for before they had been at enmity between themselves.

So they rose and returned to Jerusalem that very hour, and found the Eleven and the others all met together,