But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’

All these are the beginning of birth pains.

For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,

“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again.

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,

Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was with God in the beginning.

Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.

“Who are you?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.

I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,

beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

“Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days.

You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached—

Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story: