Hi friends. I am 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. Each month we get to read all four books, so go ahead, subscribe today. Join us as we read the Gospels

together. Now, normally, y'all know we read three chapters a day to get through the whole

four books in 30 days. But this month is a little different. We are mixing it up and reading

the Gospels chronologically from the new international version or the NIV. So we read stories in the order in which they took place,

usually getting something from all four books.

So I'll share the references with you here at the beginning,

and you can find them in the show notes as well.

You can listen or read along in your own Bible, and then I'll pray, and that's it.

Luke 2.41 to 52, Mark 1, Matthew 3 1 through 12 Luke 3 1 through 18 Mark 1 9 through 11 Matthew 3 13 through 17

Luke 3 21 and 22 Mark 1 12 through 13 Matthew 13, Matthew 4, 1 through 11, Luke 4, 1 through 15, and John 1, 19, to 34 from the

NIV.

Jesus speaks with the teachers from Luke.

Every year, Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover.

When he was 12 years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom.

After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed

behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it.

Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day.

Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him,

they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days, they found him in the temple

courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who

heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.

When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, son, why have you treated us

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