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A careful account of Jesus' life, with particular care for the poor and the outcast.
How Luke begins
The first verses of Luke 1 in the King James Version.
- Luke 1:1
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
- Luke 1:2
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
- Luke 1:3
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
- Luke 1:4
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
- Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
The 24 chapters of Luke
Each chapter has its own page with the complete text.
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Luke is book 42 of the 66 in the King James Bible, with 24 chapters and 1151 verses in the public-domain text.