Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

"Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"

Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'

The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.

For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,

Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."

Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you are talking about."

Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.

Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told you."

As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.

The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"

But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

They saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to him.

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."

Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." When he thought about that, he wept.

When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord."

In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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

which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;

If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."

Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.

Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.

This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"

When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.

Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'

When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

"I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.'"

They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,

The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times."

The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.

and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"

He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."

This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'

The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down before me."

Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."

The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"

Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.

Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn't believe in him,

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.

Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe.

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

"Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.

The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.