And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,

and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.

After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him,

And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,
‘You will keep on hearing, but will not understand;
You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;

and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men.

Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!

Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, “Surely not I, Lord?”

Then He *came to the disciples and *said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.

And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him.

Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, *said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid any longer, only believe.”

Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.

Being reminded, Peter *said to Him, “Rabbi, look, the fig tree which You cursed has withered.”

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was being sacrificed, His disciples *said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

And He *came the third time, and *said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea.

To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,

And His father and mother were amazed at the things which were being said about Him.

When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli,

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.

who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured.

Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them,

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out.

In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.

for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

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

Two others also, who were criminals, were being led away to be put to death with Him.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—

and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Therefore the Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’”

Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them,

The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.”

So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, *said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.

And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Also the people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.

Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.

But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;

But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike.

Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed.

As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch *said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

And fixing his gaze on him and being much alarmed, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God.

So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.

And he went out and continued to follow, and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

And the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region.

Therefore, being sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all the brethren.

Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brethren with a lengthy message.

But Paul chose Silas and left, being committed by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.

So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily.

and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,

and are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.

Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.

Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John;

This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real cause for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.”

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and watching out for the coats of those who were slaying him.’

After Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying to the governor,“Since we have through you attained much peace, and since by your providence reforms are being carried out for this nation,

Festus then answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly.

Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this hope, O King, I am being accused by Jews.

And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.

And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.

But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.

The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo;

Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.

But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to surmise that they were approaching some land.

Some were being persuaded by the things spoken, but others would not believe.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,

But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,