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With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
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for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.
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Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.
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For no word from God will ever fail.”
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He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”
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Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
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And everyone went to their own town to register.
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(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”),
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When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
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The Boy Jesus at the Temple
Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover.
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Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.
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Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth.
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The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
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Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
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He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
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Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.
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So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.
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Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
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and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
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But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and stood there.
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Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.
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Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.
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“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
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And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.
