by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea …. Jesus began to preach and say, ‘Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.’ He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease
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“When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, … magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw His star at its rising and have come to do Him homage.’ … they set out. … the star … preceded them … and stopped over the
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“John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world. … I saw the Spirit come down like a Dove from the sky and remain upon Him. … I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God.’”
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“This is the testimony of John. … He said: ‘I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, “Make straight the way of the Lord,” as Isaiah the prophet said. … ‘I baptize with water; but there is One among you Whom you do not recognize, the One Who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am
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“The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the Infant lying in the manger. … they made known the message that had been told them about this Child. All who heard it were amazed … Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. … the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for
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“Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when He was twelve years old, they went up … the Boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents did not know it. … they returned to Jerusalem to look for Him. After three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of
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“Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. … they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke. … he, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up intently to Heaven and saw the Glory of God and Jesus standing at the Right Hand of God, and he said, ‘Behold,
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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through Him, and without Him nothing came to be. What came to be through Him was Life, and this Life was the Light of the human race; the Light Shines in
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“When the Angels went away from them to heaven,the shepherds said … ‘Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing … which the Lord has made known to us.’ … they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Infant lying in the manger. … they made known the message that had been told them about
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“… Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with Child. While they were there, the time came for her to have her Child, and she gave
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