The birth of [Jesus] Christ came about thus. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together she was discovered to be pregnant by the holy Spirit.

rejoice and exult in it, for your reward is rich in heaven; that is how they persecuted the prophets before you.

So your light is to shine before men, that they may see the good you do and glorify your Father in heaven.

whoever maligns his brother must come before the San hedrin, whoever curses his brother must go to the fire of Gehenna.' But I tell you, whoever is angry with his brother [without cause] will be sentenced by God.

Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,

you must not copy them; your Father knows your needs before you ask him.

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

A leper came up and knelt before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cleanse me";

They shrieked, "Son of God, what business have you with us? Have you come here to torture us before it is time?"

As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

and you will be haled before governors and kings for my sake ??it will be a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; truly I tell you, you will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of man arrives.

Everyone who will acknowledge me before men, I will acknowledge him before my Father in heaven;

and whoever will disown me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you.

He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man takes and sows in his field.

Then he made the disciples embark in the boat and cross before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds;

But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, do help me."

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.

For as in the days before the deluge people ate and drank, married and were married, till the day Noah entered the ark;

Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, you will disown me three times this very night, before the cock crows."

So he left them and went back for the third time, praying in the same words as before.

But he denied it before them all; "I do not know what you mean," he said.

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said, that 'before the cock crows you will disown me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "Certainly."

plaited a crown of thorns and set it on his head, put a stick in his hand, and knelt before him in mockery, crying, "Hail, king of the Jews!"

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you:

Then in the early morning, long before daylight, he got up and went away out to a lonely spot.

And he rose, lifted his pallet at once, and went off before them all; at this they were all amazed and glorified God saying, "We never saw the like of it!"

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him they fell down before him, screaming, "You are the Son of God!"

On catching sight of Jesus from afar he ran and knelt before him,

and the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward in fear and trembling and fell down before him, telling him all the truth.

However a number of people who saw them start and recognized them, got to the place before them by hurrying there on foot from all the towns.

and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke the loaves in pieces which he handed to the disciples to set before them, and divided the two fish among them all.

Then he made the disciples at once embark in the boat and cross before him towards Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd;

As he went out on the road a man ran up and knelt down before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit life eternal?"

Look to yourselves. Men will hand you over to Sanhedrins and you will be flogged in synagogues and brought before governors and kings for my sake, to testify to them.

Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, to-day you will disown me three times, this very night, before the cock crows twice."

Again he went away and prayed in the same words as before;

At that moment the cock crowed for the second time. Then Peter remembered how Jesus had told him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice;" and he burst into tears.

By this time it was evening, and as it was the day of Preparation (that is, the day before the sabbath)

Now while he was officiating before God in the due course of his division,

The angel replied, "I am Gabriel, I stand before God; I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.

And the child grew, he became strong in the Spirit and remained in the desert till the day when he made his appearance before Israel.

When the eight days had passed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus ??the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

indeed it had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he was not to see death before he had seen the Lord messiah.

which thou hast prepared before the face of all the peoples,

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

But Jesus checked it, saying, "Be quiet, come out of him." And after throwing him down before them the daemon did come out of him without doing him any harm.

Instantly he got up before them, lifted what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

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, Here I send my messenger before your face, to prepare the way for you.

So when the woman saw she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him she told before all the people why she had touched him and how she had been instantly cured.

Then taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke them in pieces and handed them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

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.

for a friend of mine travelling has come to my house and I have nothing to set before him.'

The Pharisee was astonished to see that he had not washed before the meal,

I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of man will acknowledge him before the angels of God;

and he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.

When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say,

Thus, when you go before the magistrate with your opponent, do your utmost to get quit of him on the way there, in case he hales you before the judge; then the judge will hand you over to the jailer and the jailer will throw you in prison.

No, when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in he will tell you, 'Move higher up, my friend.' Then you will be honoured before your fellow guests.

I will be up and off to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;

The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I don't deserve to be called your son any more.'

So they could not seize on what he said before the people, and marvelling at his reply they said nothing.

But before all that, men will lay hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons; you will be dragged before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."

He said to them, "I have longed eagerly to eat this passover with you before I suffer,

Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow to-day before you have three times denied that you know me."

the Lord turned round and looked at Peter, and then Peter remembered what the Lord had told him, that 'Before cock-crow to-day you will disown me three times.'

When day broke, the elders of the people all met along with the high priests and scribes, and had him brought before their Sanhedrin. They said to him,

Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "When you were under that fig tree, before ever Philip called you, I saw you."

The official said, "Come down, sir, before my boy is dead."

The invalid replied, "Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath, when the water is disturbed; and while I am getting down myself, someone else gets in before me."

Nicodemus, one of their number (the same who had come to him before), said to them,

"But surely our Law does not condemn the accused before hearing what he has to say and ascertaining his offence?"

And on hearing what he said, they went away one by one, beginning with the older men, till Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

"Truly, truly I tell you," said Jesus, "I have existed before Abraham was born."

They brought him before the Pharisees, this man who had once been blind.

all who ever came before me have been thieves and robbers ??but the sheep would not listen to them.

Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the passover.

Six days before the festival, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus stayed (whom Jesus had raised from the dead).

Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him ??38 that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Now before the passover festival Jesus knew the time had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had loved his own in this world and he loved them to the end;

I am telling you this now, before it occurs, so that when it has occurred you may believe who I am.

Jesus replied, "Lay down your life for me? Truly, truly I tell you, before the cock crows, you will have disowned me thrice over.

I tell you this now, before it occurs, so that, when it does occur, you may believe.

now, Father, glorify me in thy presence with the glory which I enjoyed in thy presence before the world began.

Father, it is my will that these, thy gift to me, may be beside me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

For David says of him, I saw the Lord before me evermore; lest I be shaken, he is at my right hand.

The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers has glorified Jesus his servant, whom you delivered up and repudiated before Pilate. Pilate had decided to release him,

(He it is who has given strength to this man whom you see and know, by faith in His name; it is the faith He inspires which has made the man thus hale and whole before you all.)

They made the men stand before them and inquired, "By what authority, in whose name, have you done this?"

you and the people of Israel must all understand that he stands before you strong and well, thanks to the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead.

But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God.

[Relocated to before vs 34] Now there was but one heart and soul among the multitude of the believers; not one of them considered anything his personal property, they shared all they had with one another.

laying the money before the feet of the apostles; it was then distributed according to each individual's need.

sold a farm belonging to him and brought the money, which he placed before the feet of the apostles.