Parallel Bible results for "luke 1:1-4"

Luke 1:1-4

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1 Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us,
1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
2 just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
4 so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed.
4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
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