Herod Kills the Children

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment,

And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years,

And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”

And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,

And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land,

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him.

And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone.

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’

And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’

And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.

And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”

One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”

For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

And God spoke to this effect—that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them four hundred years.

“When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

“Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.