But Jesus Christ was begotten thus: After his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they had come together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.

When they had heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over the place where the young child was.

Rejoice, and leap for joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

In this way 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, first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Beware of doing your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

When, therefore, you do a charitable deed, do not cause a trumpet to be sounded before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

Be not, there fore, like them; for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.

And behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God? Hast thou come hither to torment us before the time?

and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another: for verily I say to you, You will not have made the circuit of the cities of Israel before the Son of man shall come.

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

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

For this is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Another parable he laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field.

Another parable he laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like- a grain of mustard, that a man took and sowed in his field.

And he immediately constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and go before him to the opposite side, while he sent the multitudes away.

and he was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his clothing was white as the light.

He said: Yes. And when he had come into the house, before he had spoken, Jesus said to him: What think you, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tax or tribute? From their own sons, or from the sons of others?

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he that 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: Verily I say to you, The publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the day in which Noah entered the ark,

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

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

Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, This night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.

But he denied before them all, saying: I know not what you say.

And Peter remembered the word which. Jesus had spoken to him: Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

And Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying: Are you the king of the Jews? Jesus replied to him: You say it.

When Pilate saw that he gained nothing, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, and said: I am innocent of the blood of this just man; you will see to it.

and when they had plaited a crown of thorn branches, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and kneeling before him, they derided him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews!

And go quickly, and tell his disciples, that he has risen from the dead: and behold, he goes before you into Galilee. There you shall see him. Lo, I have told you.

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

And he arose forthwith, and took up his bed, and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying: We have never seen it thus.

And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried out, saying: Thou art the Son of God.

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

And many saw them departing, and recognized him; and they ran thither on foot from all the cities, and went before them, and came together to him.

And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed; and he broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples to place before them. And he divided the two fishes among them all.

And he immediately compelled his disciples to get into the ship, and to go before him to the opposite side, to Bethsaida, while he sent the multitude away.

And he commanded the multitude to recline on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before them: and they set them before the multitude.

And they had a few small fishes; and he blessed, and commanded that they also be set before them.

And after six days, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up alone into a high mountain apart; and he was transfigured before them;

And they were in the road going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them; and they were amazed, and as they followed, they were afraid. And again taking the twelve aside, he began to tell them what was about to befall him.

And those who went before, and those who followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

These are the beginning of sorrows. But take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be scourged in the synagogues; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

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

And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, this day, during this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.

And immediately the cock crew the second time. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times. And when he thought upon it, he wept.

But go, tell his disciples, and Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee; there you shall see him, as he told you.

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

It came to pass, while he was officiating as priest before God, in the order of his class, that,

For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall drink neither 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 Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient, by the wisdom of the just, in order to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

in holiness and righteousness before him, all our days.

And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways,

And when eight days were completed for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, as it had been called by the angel, before he was conceived in the womb.

and it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Anointed.

which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

If, therefore, you will bow with reverence before me, all shall be yours.

And behold, men brought, on a bed, a man who was a paralytic. And they sought how they might bring him in, and lay him before him.

And finding no way by which they could bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up on the top of the house, and, through the tiling, let him down, with his bed, into the midst before Jesus.

And he immediately arose before them, took up that on which he had been lying, and went away to his own house, glorifying God.

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

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

And the woman, seeing that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and fell down before him, and told him, before all the people, for what cause she had touched him, and that she was immediately restored to health.

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

And he sent messengers before his face; and they went, and entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.

And after these things, the Lord appointed seventy others, also, and sent them, two and two, before his face, into every city and place to which he himself was about to go.

And whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat what is set before you;

for a friend of mine, who is on a journey, has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

And when the Pharisee saw it, he wondered that he had not first immersed himself before dinner.

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

And I further say to you, Whoever confesses me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

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

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

And he said to them: You set yourselves forth as righteous before men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men, is detestable in the sight of God.

And those who went before rebuked him, that he should be silent. But he cried so much the more: Son of David, have mercy on me.

And he ran before, and climbed up a sycamore-tree, that he might see him, for he was about to pass that way.

But those who are my enemies, who were not willing that I should rule over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

And when he had said these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem.

And they were not able to take hold of his words before the people. And they were astonished at his answer, and were silent.

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

Watch, therefore, and pray at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And he said to them: I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.

He replied: I tell you, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day before you have three times denied that you know me.

And while he was yet speaking, behold a multitude; and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and came near to Jesus to kiss him.

And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, that he had said to him, Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.

And on the same day, Pilate and Herod became friends to each other; for, before this, they had been at enmity the one toward the other.

and said to them: You have brought to me this man as one that turns the people away; and behold, I have examined him before you, and have found in this man no fault, with respect to the things of which you accuse him;

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

And he took it, and did eat before them.

John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.

He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.

This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is now before me, for he existed before me.

Nathaniel said to him: How knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig-tree, I saw you.

You yourselves will testify for me, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

The courtier said to him: Sir, come down before my child die.

The sick man answered him: Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred; but while I am coming, another goes down before me.

Then, what if you should see the Son of man go up where he was before?

for no one does any thing in secret, while he himself seeks to be before the public. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.