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Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us ,
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Even as they delivered them unto us ,
which from the beginning were eyewitnesses ,
and ministers of the word ;
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It seemed good to me also ,
having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first ,
to write unto thee in order ,
most excellent Theophilus ,
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That thou mightest know the certainty of those things ,
wherein thou hast been instructed .
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There was in the days of Herod ,
the king of Judaea ,
a certain priest named Zacharias ,
of the course of Abia :
and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron ,
and her name was Elisabeth .
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And they were both righteous before God ,
walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless .
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And they had no child ,
because that Elisabeth was barren ,
and they both were now well stricken in years .
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And it came to pass ,
that while he executed the priest '
s office before God in the order of his course ,
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According to the custom of the priest '
s office ,
his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord .
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And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense .
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And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense .
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And when Zacharias saw him ,
he was troubled ,
and fear fell upon him .
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But the angel said unto him ,
Fear not ,
Zacharias :
for thy prayer is heard ;
and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son ,
and thou shalt call his name John .
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And thou shalt have joy and gladness ;
and many shall rejoice at his birth .
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For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord ,
and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink ;
and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost ,
even from his mother '
s womb .
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And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God .
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And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias ,
to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children ,
and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just ;
to make ready a people prepared for the Lord .
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And Zacharias said unto the angel ,
Whereby shall I know this ?
for I am an old man ,
and my wife well stricken in years .
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And the angel answering said unto him ,
I am Gabriel ,
that stand in the presence of God ;
and am sent to speak unto thee ,
and to shew thee these glad tidings .
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And ,
behold ,
thou shalt be dumb ,
and not able to speak ,
until the day that these things shall be performed ,
because thou believest not my words ,
which shall be fulfilled in their season .
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And the people waited for Zacharias ,
and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple .
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And when he came out ,
he could not speak unto them :
and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple :
for he beckoned unto them ,
and remained speechless .
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And it came to pass ,
that ,
as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished ,
he departed to his own house .
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And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived ,
and hid herself five months ,
saying ,
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Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me ,
to take away my reproach among men .
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And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee ,
named Nazareth ,
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To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph ,
of the house of David ;
and the virgin '
s name was Mary .
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And the angel came in unto her ,
and said ,
Hail ,
thou that art highly favoured ,
the Lord is with thee :
blessed art thou among women .
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And when she saw him ,
she was troubled at his saying ,
and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be .
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And the angel said unto her ,
Fear not ,
Mary :
for thou hast found favour with God .
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And ,
behold ,
thou shalt conceive in thy womb ,
and bring forth a son ,
and shalt call his name JESUS .
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He shall be great ,
and shall be called the Son of the Highest :
and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David :
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And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever ;
and of his kingdom there shall be no end .
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Then said Mary unto the angel ,
How shall this be ,
seeing I know not a man ?
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And the angel answered and said unto her ,
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee ,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee :
therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God .
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And ,
behold ,
thy cousin Elisabeth ,
she hath also conceived a son in her old age :
and this is the sixth month with her ,
who was called barren .
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For with God nothing shall be impossible .
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And Mary said ,
Behold the handmaid of the Lord ;
be it unto me according to thy word .
And the angel departed from her .
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And Mary arose in those days ,
and went into the hill country with haste ,
into a city of Juda ;
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And entered into the house of Zacharias ,
and saluted Elisabeth .
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And it came to pass ,
that ,
when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary ,
the babe leaped in her womb ;
and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost :
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And she spake out with a loud voice ,
and said ,
Blessed art thou among women ,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb .
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And whence is this to me ,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me ?
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For ,
lo ,
as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears ,
the babe leaped in my womb for joy .
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And blessed is she that believed :
for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord .
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And Mary said ,
My soul doth magnify the Lord ,
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And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour .
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For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden :
for ,
behold ,
from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed .
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For he that is mighty hath done to me great things ;
and holy is his name .
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And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation .
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He hath shewed strength with his arm ;
he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts .
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He hath put down the mighty from their seats ,
and exalted them of low degree .
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He hath filled the hungry with good things ;
and the rich he hath sent empty away .
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He hath holpen his servant Israel ,
in remembrance of his mercy ;
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As he spake to our fathers ,
to Abraham ,
and to his seed for ever .
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And Mary abode with her about three months ,
and returned to her own house .
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Now Elisabeth '
s full time came that she should be delivered ;
and she brought forth a son .
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And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her ;
and they rejoiced with her .
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And it came to pass ,
that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child ;
and they called him Zacharias ,
after the name of his father .
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And his mother answered and said ,
Not so ;
but he shall be called John .
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And they said unto her ,
There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name .
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And they made signs to his father ,
how he would have him called .
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And he asked for a writing table ,
and wrote ,
saying ,
His name is John .
And they marvelled all .
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And his mouth was opened immediately ,
and his tongue loosed ,
and he spake ,
and praised God .
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And fear came on all that dwelt round about them :
and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea .
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And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts ,
saying ,
What manner of child shall this be !
And the hand of the Lord was with him .
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And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost ,
and prophesied ,
saying ,
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Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ;
for he hath visited and redeemed his people ,
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And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David ;
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As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets ,
which have been since the world began :
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That we should be saved from our enemies ,
and from the hand of all that hate us ;
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To perform the mercy promised to our fathers ,
and to remember his holy covenant ;
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The oath which he sware to our father Abraham ,
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That he would grant unto us ,
that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear ,
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In holiness and righteousness before him ,
all the days of our life .
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And thou ,
child ,
shalt be called the prophet of the Highest :
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways ;
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To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins ,
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Through the tender mercy of our God ;
whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us ,
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To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death ,
to guide our feet into the way of peace .
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And the child grew ,
and waxed strong in spirit ,
and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel .
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And it came to pass in those days ,
that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus ,
that all the world should be taxed .
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And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria .)
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And all went to be taxed ,
every one into his own city .
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And Joseph also went up from Galilee ,
out of the city of Nazareth ,
into Judaea ,
unto the city of David ,
which is called Bethlehem ; (
because he was of the house and lineage of David :)
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To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife ,
being great with child .
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And so it was ,
that ,
while they were there ,
the days were accomplished that she should be delivered .
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And she brought forth her firstborn son ,
and wrapped him in swaddling clothes ,
and laid him in a manger ;
because there was no room for them in the inn .
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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field ,
keeping watch over their flock by night .
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And ,
lo ,
the angel of the Lord came upon them ,
and the glory of the Lord shone round about them :
and they were sore afraid .
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And the angel said unto them ,
Fear not :
for ,
behold ,
I bring you good tidings of great joy ,
which shall be to all people .
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For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour ,
which is Christ the Lord .
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And this shall be a sign unto you ;
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes ,
lying in a manger .
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And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God ,
and saying ,
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Glory to God in the highest ,
and on earth peace ,
good will toward men .
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And it came to pass ,
as the angels were gone away from them into heaven ,
the shepherds said one to another ,
Let us now go even unto Bethlehem ,
and see this thing which is come to pass ,
which the Lord hath made known unto us .
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And they came with haste ,
and found Mary ,
and Joseph ,
and the babe lying in a manger .
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And when they had seen it ,
they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child .
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And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds .
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But Mary kept all these things ,
and pondered them in her heart .
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And the shepherds returned ,
glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen ,
as it was told unto them .
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And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child ,
his name was called JESUS ,
which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb .
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And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished ,
they brought him to Jerusalem ,
to present him to the Lord ;
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As it is written in the law of the Lord ,
Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord ;)
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And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord ,
A pair of turtledoves ,
or two young pigeons .
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And ,
behold ,
there was a man in Jerusalem ,
whose name was Simeon ;
and the same man was just and devout ,
waiting for the consolation of Israel :
and the Holy Ghost was upon him .
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And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost ,
that he should not see death ,
before he had seen the Lord '
s Christ .
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And he came by the Spirit into the temple :
and when the parents brought in the child Jesus ,
to do for him after the custom of the law ,
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Then took he him up in his arms ,
and blessed God ,
and said ,
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Lord ,
now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace ,
according to thy word :
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For mine eyes have seen thy salvation ,
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Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people ;
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A light to lighten the Gentiles ,
and the glory of thy people Israel .
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And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him .
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And Simeon blessed them ,
and said unto Mary his mother ,
Behold ,
this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel ;
and for a sign which shall be spoken against ;
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Yea ,
a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also ,)
that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed .
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And there was one Anna ,
a prophetess ,
the daughter of Phanuel ,
of the tribe of Aser :
she was of a great age ,
and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity ;
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And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years ,
which departed not from the temple ,
but served God with fastings and prayers night and day .
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And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord ,
and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem .
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And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord ,
they returned into Galilee ,
to their own city Nazareth .
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And the child grew ,
and waxed strong in spirit ,
filled with wisdom :
and the grace of God was upon him .
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Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover .
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And when he was twelve years old ,
they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast .
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And when they had fulfilled the days ,
as they returned ,
the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ;
and Joseph and his mother knew not of it .
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But they ,
supposing him to have been in the company ,
went a day '
s journey ;
and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance .
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And when they found him not ,
they turned back again to Jerusalem ,
seeking him .
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And it came to pass ,
that after three days they found him in the temple ,
sitting in the midst of the doctors ,
both hearing them ,
and asking them questions .
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And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers .
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And when they saw him ,
they were amazed :
and his mother said unto him ,
Son ,
why hast thou thus dealt with us ?
behold ,
thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing .
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And he said unto them ,
How is it that ye sought me ?
wist ye not that I must be about my Father '
s business ?
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And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them .
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And he went down with them ,
and came to Nazareth ,
and was subject unto them :
but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart .
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And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature ,
and in favour with God and man .
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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar ,
Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea ,
and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee ,
and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis ,
and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene ,
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