Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: "I called my Son out of Egypt."

"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.

Then Jesus went out again from the region of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis.

They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.'

"Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

Jesus said to his disciples, "Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it.

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

But he had to pass through Samaria.

Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.

When Jesus heard this, he said, "This sickness will not lead to death, but to God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

"I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,

"Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas -- who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus --

But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know --

And on the basis of faith in Jesus' name, his very name has made this man -- whom you see and know -- strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.

But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets -- that his Christ would suffer -- he has fulfilled in this way.

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

saying, "What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus."

Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon's Portico.

He thought his own people would understand that God was delivering them through him, but they did not understand.

This same Moses they had rejected, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and judge?' God sent as both ruler and deliverer through the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, offered them money,

Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) --

About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region.

So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."

Then they passed through Pisidia and came into Pamphylia,

So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are."

The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

He passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.

They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia.

so they passed through Mysia and went down to Troas.

After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there

Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,

where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "We have experienced a lengthy time of peace through your rule, and reforms are being made in this nation through your foresight.

So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah

This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is 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, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.

on the day when God will judge the secrets of human hearts, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.

For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.

Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God's wrath.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?

Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --

But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many!

For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ!