Hi, friends. I am Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. And this month, the Let's

Read the Gospels podcast is sponsored by our friends at crew. The Gospels are the first

four books of the New Testament and 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 read all four books. So if you haven't subscribed

yet, do that today. And if you are jumping in for the first time in the book of Luke with

us, that's awesome. We say this a lot around here. You do not have to be in the Gospels every

day to be changed, but every day you're in the Gospels will change you. And so we are really,

really glad you are here with us. If you get a chance to rate and review the show, that

helps so much gets in front of the faces of new friends, front of the ears of new friends

who may really love listening to the Bible with us. So here's how this works. I will read

three chapters to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible. And then I'll

write. And that's it. So today is May 16th, day 16. And I'll be reading Luke chapters

one through three. And this month, I'm reading from the CSB version. Luke one, many have

undertaken to compile a narrative about the events that have been fulfilled among us,

just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us. So it also

seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first

to write to you in an orderly sequence, most honorable theophilus. So the you may know

the certainty of the things about which you have been instructed. And the days of King

Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abija's division named Zachariah. His wife was from

the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Both were righteous in God's sight, living

without blame, according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord. But they had

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