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All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”

Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

When the man saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees before Him.

And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”

Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him trembling in fear, and she told Him the whole truth.

But many people saw them leaving and recognized them. They ran together on foot from all the towns and arrived before them.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.

And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.

They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well.

Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”

After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.

And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”

So the high priest stood up before them and questioned Jesus, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”

And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.

Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

…in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.

When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.

The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.

But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.

Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”

Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

But I tell you truly, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.

…because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’

But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.

So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.

“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.

John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”

This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’

“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them

“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.

“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.

And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

…then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”

They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’

And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

…and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.