Luke 2:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Mic 5:2 : 2 For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.
  • Luke 1:57 : 57 Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.
  • Rev 12:1-5 : 1 And a great sign was seen in heaven: a A woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 And she was with child; and she gave a cry, in the pains of childbirth. 3 And there was seen another sign in heaven; a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns. 4 And his tail was pulling a third part of the stars of heaven down to the earth, and the dragon took his place before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when the birth had taken place he might put an end to her child. 5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

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    7And 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.

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

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

  • Luke 2:1-5
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    1Now 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.

    2This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.

    3And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.

    4And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

    5To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.

  • Luke 2:15-18
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    15And 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.

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

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

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

  • Matt 1:22-23
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    22Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

    23See, 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.

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    56And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

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  • Luke 2:11-13
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    11For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

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    13And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,

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    18Now 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.

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    1Now 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,

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    20Then 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.

    21And 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.

    22And when the necessary days for making them clean by the law of Moses had come to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to give him to the Lord

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

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    39And 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 2:8-10
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    8And 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.

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

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

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

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

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    4But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

  • Matt 2:14-15
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    14So he took the young child and his mother by night, and went into Egypt;

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    24And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.

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    36Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

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    24After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

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

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    3And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

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

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    14So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,