So it seemed good to me as well, because I have followed all things carefully from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),

like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.

For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”

He answered them, “I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:

Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

But the father said to his slaves, ‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!

Won’t the master instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?

“Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.