¹ Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,

¹⁴ And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

⁹ And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

²⁸ And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.

¹¹ If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.

²¹ But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

⁸ First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.

²² All the saints send their love to you, specially those who are of Caesar's house.