I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [the people living when these signs and events begin] will not pass away until all these things take place.

It is like a man who left his house on a trip to another country. [Before leaving] he put his servants in charge of his affairs, giving each one a [particular] job to do, then he ordered the gatekeeper to stay alert [i.e., while he was gone].

It was now two days before the Passover and [the festival of] Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were searching for a deceitful way to arrest Jesus and kill Him;

She has done what she could. she has before time anointed my body for my burial.

But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.

He went away again and prayed the same prayer as before.

And Peter followed him at a distance, till he came into the court of the chief priest; and he sat with the officers and warmed himself before the light.

And the high priest, rising up before them all, asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee?

And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him.

And when the centurion which stood before him saw that he so cried and gave up the ghost, he said, "Truly this man was the son of God."

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,

to perform his customary duties as a priest before God, he drew the responsibility [that day] of entering the Temple of the Lord to burn the incense offering. [Note: This was done on a golden Altar in the Temple by a priest twice a day].

For he shall be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

And the angel answering, said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;

And coming to her, the angel said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”

to grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him,

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

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

(this register was made before Quirinus was prefect of Syria.)

Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him before the Lord:

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation: Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people.

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

A Light for revelation to the Gentiles [to disclose what was previously unknown],
And [to bring] the praise and honor and glory of Your people Israel.”

so thinking He was in the caravan, they continued traveling for an entire day [before] they began looking for Him among their relatives and friends.

And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

And the devil taking him up into an exceeding high mountain, displayed before him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time:

If thou therefore wilt worship before me, it shall all 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.'

But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet and come out of him!”

And throwing him down before them, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.

As soon as the sun was set, all sorts of diseased persons were brought before him by their friends, and he healed them all, by laying his hands upon them.

at sight of this, Simon Peter fell on his knees before Jesus, and said, Lord, withdraw from such a sinful man as I:

As he was going to one of the cities in that country, a man cover'd all over with leprosy happen'd to meet Jesus, and prostrating himself before him, thus address'd him, Lord, if you will, you can cure me.

And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.

How he went into the house of God, and took the loaves of the setting before, and ate, and gave also to those with him; which is not lawful to eat, except for priests alone?

He knew what was in their minds; so he told the man with the withered hand, "Rise and stand forward." He rose and stood before them.

This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

And, behold, a man came, to whom the name of Jairus, and he was ruler of the assembly: and having fallen before the feet of Jesus, he besought him to come to his house:

And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Before he had finished speaking, some one came from the house of the President of the Synagogue and said: "Your daughter is dead! Do not trouble the Teacher further."

Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

But I tell you truthfully, there are some among those standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

and before the sound was gone, Jesus was left alone: this they kept secret, and for some time did not acquaint any one in the least with what they had seen.

And Jesus replied, saying, "You perverse generation of faithless people! How long must I be [patient] with you, and put up with you [i.e., before you understand]? Bring your son here."

Before the boy could reach Jesus, the daemon dashed him down and convulsed him, but Jesus checked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and handed him back to his father.

"As for you, store these my sayings in your memory; for, before long, the Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men."

but Jesus perceiving what they thought, took a child and set him before him: then said to them,

Now when the time drew near for Him to be received up again into Heaven, He proceeded with fixed purpose towards Jerusalem, and sent messengers before Him.

And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are 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.

And Martha was perplexed about much service, and having stood before, said, Lord, carest thou not that my sister left me to serve alone ? speak therefore to her that she may lay hold and assist with me.

For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there, and in the end the man is worse off than he was before."

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

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

Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

Whether he comes in the second watch (before midnight), or even in the third (after midnight), and finds them so [prepared and ready], blessed are those servants.

For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.

And he saw before him a woman who for eighteen years had suffered from weakness owing to her having an evil spirit in her. She was bent double, and was wholly unable to raise herself.

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

And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

Which of you is he that is disposed to build a tower, and sitteth not down before and counteth the cost: Whether he have sufficient to perform it?

that in case he is not, he may send an embassy, and desire conditions of peace, before the other approaches.

Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

The law of Moses and the prophets prophesied [See Matt. 11:13] until [the time of] John [the Immerser]. From that time onward the good news of the [coming] kingdom of God is [being] preached, and everyone is [attempting to] enter it forcibly [i.e., before its appointed time. See Acts 1:6-7].

But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.

It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

but before this, he must undergo many sufferings, and be rejected by this generation:

"In that same town there was a widow who came again and again before him, saying, "'Do for me the justice of my adversary.'

The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

And upon his return, after he had obtained the sovereignty, he ordered those servants to whom he had given the money to be summoned before him, that he might learn their success in trading.

And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

So, they brought the colt to Jesus and spread their clothing on it, [then] placed Jesus on it [i.e., held the animal still as Jesus mounted it, since it had never been ridden before. See verse 30].

for the time will shortly come, when your enemies shall open their trenches before thee, hem you in, and closely besiege you: