"Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty...

"Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of...

"When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 22 and the...

"The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the...

"What should we do then?” the crowd asked. 11 John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who...

"John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the...

"In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch...

"51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her...

"39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own...

"The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his...

"25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the...

"When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to...

"On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given...

"When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see...

"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An...

"In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman...

"At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home...

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy...

"In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,27 to a virgin...

"Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.” 19 The...