Luke 1 lines 1 through 4

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE.

CHAPTER 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,
2 Even as they delivered them unto us,
which from the beginning were
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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,
4 That thou mightest know the certainty of
those things, wherein thou hast been
instructed.