Luke 2:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

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  • Isa 7:14 : 14 For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.
  • Isa 53:1-2 : 1 Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled? 2 For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;
  • Ps 22:6 : 6 But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
  • Isa 7:11 : 11 Make a request to the Lord your God for a sign, a sign in the deep places of the underworld, or in the high heavens.
  • Exod 3:12 : 12 And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.
  • 1 Sam 2:34 : 34 And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.
  • 1 Sam 10:2-7 : 2 When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer for the asses, is troubled about you, saying, What am I to do about my son? 3 Then you are to go on from there, and when you come to the oak-tree of Tabor, you will see three men going up to God to Beth-el, one having with him three young goats and another three cakes of bread and another a skin full of wine: 4 They will say, Peace be with you, and will give you two cakes of bread, which you are to take from them. 5 After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will be acting like prophets: 6 And the spirit of the Lord will come on you with power, and you will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into another man. 7 And when these signs come to you, see that you take the chance which is offered you; for God is with you.
  • 2 Kgs 19:29 : 29 And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself; and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed and get in the grain and make vine-gardens and take of their fruit.
  • 2 Kgs 20:8 : 8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 2:5-11
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    5 To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.

    6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

    7 And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

    8 And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.

    9 And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them.

    10 And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

    11 For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

  • Luke 2:13-18
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    13 And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,

    14 Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.

    15 And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.

    16 And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

    17 And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

    18 And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.

  • Luke 1:30-32
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    30 And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

    31 And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

    32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

  • Luke 2:20-21
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    20 Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

    21 And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.

  • Matt 1:20-23
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    20 But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

    21 And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

    22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

    23 See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.

  • Isa 7:14
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    14 For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.

  • Matt 2:1-2
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    1 Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

    2 Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

  • Matt 2:8-11
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    8 And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

    9 And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.

    10 And when they saw the star they were full of joy.

    11 And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.

  • Matt 2:4-6
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    4 And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.

    5 And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

    6 You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.

  • Luke 1:14-15
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    14 And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

    15 For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

  • Luke 2:31-34
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    31 Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;

    32 A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.

    33 And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.

    34 And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    27 And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

    28 Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,

  • Matt 1:18
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    18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 1:26
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    26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,

  • Luke 1:35
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    35 And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

  • Rev 12:2
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    2 And she was with child; and she gave a cry, in the pains of childbirth.

  • Luke 2:39
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    39 And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.

  • Matt 2:13
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    13 And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

  • Luke 1:44
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    44 For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

  • Luke 1:79
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    79 To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

  • Luke 2:23
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    23 (As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),

  • Matt 1:25
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    25 And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.