Luke 2:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Ps 16:9-9 : 9 Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope. 10 For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.
  • Ps 66:16 : 16 Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.
  • Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now. 18 Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
  • Mal 3:16 : 16 Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.
  • Luke 2:38 : 38 And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.
  • Luke 8:39 : 39 Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.
  • John 1:41-46 : 41 Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ). 42 And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter). 43 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple. 44 Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from. 45 Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.
  • John 4:28-29 : 28 Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people, 29 Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?

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  • Luke 2:18-21
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    18 And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.

    19 But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.

    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.

  • Luke 2:6-16
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    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.

    12 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.

    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.

  • Matt 2:7-15
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    7 Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

    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.

    12 And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

    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.

    14 So he took the young child and his mother by night, and went into Egypt;

    15 And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

  • Luke 2:32-33
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    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.

  • 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 2:4-5
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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,

  • Matt 1:22-23
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    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.

  • 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.

  • Luke 1:65-66
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    65 And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

    66 And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

  • 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,

  • Ps 48:5
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    5 They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were troubled, and went quickly away in fear.

  • Luke 2:43-44
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    43 And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:

    44 And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

  • Matt 2:17
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    17 Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true,

  • Luke 19:32
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    32 And those whom he sent went away, and it was as he said.

  • Luke 2:48
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    48 And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

  • Matt 2:19-21
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    70%

    19 But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

    20 Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

    21 And he got up, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

  • 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 2:50
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    50 And his words seemed strange to them.

  • Luke 8:34
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    34 And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

  • Matt 9:31
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    31 But they went out and gave news of him in all that land.