15 And (LK)he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. 23], Ex. 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; [John 1:32-34], [ch. 52 And Jesus (HU)increased in wisdom and in stature[q] and in (HV)favor with God and man. 23], Ex. 24 But that you may know that (OY)the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.” 25 And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, (OZ)glorifying God. And (NU)he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 2:15; 3:6; 1 Thess. 22 And (GB)when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem (GC)to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in (GD)the Law of the Lord, (GE)“Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in (GF)the Law of the Lord, (GG)“a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was (GH)righteous and (GI)devout, (GJ)waiting for (GK)the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 7:26; 1 John 2:20], For ver. 2:28; 1 Chr. 23:13; 2 Chr. Luke 1:5-20 English Standard Version (ESV) Birth of John the Baptist Foretold 5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,[ a] of the division of Abijah. 20 And behold, (AS)you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.” 21 And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in (AT)the temple. [ac] 18 (OP)And behold, some men were bringing (OQ)on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, 19 but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on (OR)the roof and let him down with his bed (OS)through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. 12-14, see Matt. 11:18, ch. 1:16; 1 John 1:1, 3; [Acts 4:20; 1 Pet. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when (MI)the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them (MJ)but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 21, 22; Rev. 23:2]; See Matt. 11:1; Matt. ESV Student Study Bible, TruTone, Sky Blue with Ivy Design, ESV Student Study Bible (TruTone, Gray), Leather, imitation, Grey, ESV Journaling Bible, Interleaved Edition--Imitation leather with summer garden design, Ephesians, ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal, ESV Study Bible, Personal Size (TruTone Imitation Leather, Brown with Mosaic Cross Design). And he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And (PF)leaving everything, he rose and followed him. 41 Now (HH)his parents went (HI)to Jerusalem every year at (HJ)the Feast of the Passover. 6:10; 28:18; John 17:4; Acts 7:49; Eph. 1-13, see Matt. 18:18; Ps. 29:11, ver. 7:16; Ex. 21, 22; Rev. 21:44; John 9:39; 1 Cor. ); [Matt. 7:27; Mal. 89:10; 98:1; 118:16; Isa. 14 (LH)And Jesus returned (LI)in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and (LJ)a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 13:9; 2 Chr. 3:22; John 1:33; 3:34; Acts 10:38; [ch. 5 (A)In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,[a] (B)of (C)the division of Abijah. 20 And the shepherds returned, (FY)glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. 5:1; Eph. 24:19; 2 Chr. 3:1; Matt. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, 60 but his mother answered, “No; (DA)he shall be called John.” 61 And they said to her, “None of your relatives is called by this name.” 62 And (DB)they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called. 12 While he was in one of the cities, (OD)there came a man full of leprosy. 24 After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying, 25 “Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, (AY)to take away my reproach among people.”, 26 In the sixth month the angel (AZ)Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named (BA)Nazareth, 27 (BB)to a virgin betrothed[b] to a man whose name was Joseph, (BC)of the house of David. 69; 2 Sam. 11:18, ch. English Standard Version Update. 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of (HW)Tiberius Caesar, (HX)Pontius Pilate (HY)being governor of Judea, and (HZ)Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 during (IA)the high priesthood of Annas and (IB)Caiaphas, (IC)the word of God came to (ID)John the son of Zechariah in (IE)the wilderness.