Luke 1:1-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

Introduction

1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things ^[a](A)accomplished among us, ² just as they were handed down to us by those who ^(B)from the beginning ^[b]were ^(C)eyewitnesses and ^[c](D)servants of ^(E)the ^[d]word, ³ it seemed fitting for me as well, ^(F)having ^[e]investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you ^(G)in consecutive order, ^(H)most excellent ^(I)Theophilus; ⁴ so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been ^[f](J)taught.

Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

^5 (K)In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named ^[g]Zacharias, of the ^(L)division of ^[h]Abijah; and he had a wife ^[i]from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.