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Hi friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four

books of the New Testament in the Bible,

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships,

the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. So here is how it works. I'll read three

chapters to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible or online, and then I'll pray,

and that's it.

So today is day eight.

And I'll be reading Luke chapters 1 through 3 from the new living translation.

And in your Let's Read the Gospel's Guided Journal, we are on page 61.

Luke 1.

Many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us.

They use the eyewitness report circulating among us from the early disciples.

Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable

theophilus, so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught. When Herod was

king of Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He was a member of the priestly order of

Abijah, and his wife, Elizabeth, was also from the priestly line of Aaron. Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God's eyes, careful to obey all the Lord's

commandments and regulations.

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