Luke 2:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Gen 31:39-40 : 39 Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night. 40 This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
  • Ezek 34:8 : 8 By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;
  • John 10:8-9 : 8 All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them. 9 I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food. 10 The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure. 11 I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:
  • Exod 3:1-2 : 1 Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.
  • 1 Sam 17:34-35 : 34 And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went out after him, and overcame him, and took it out of his mouth: and if, turning on me, he came at me, I took him by the hair and overcame him and put him to death.
  • Ps 78:70-71 : 70 He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks; 71 From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

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  • Luke 2:9-20
    12 verses
    85%

    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.

    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.

    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.

  • Luke 2:4-7
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    4 And 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,

    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.

  • Matt 2:1-14
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    75%

    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.

    3 And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

    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.

    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;

  • Jer 6:3
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    3 Keepers of sheep with their flocks will come to her; they will put up their tents round her; everyone will get food in his place.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
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    16 But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Matt 1:20
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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.

  • Ezek 34:7
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    7 For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:

  • 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.

  • Isa 9:2
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    2 The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

  • Gen 46:32
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    32 And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

  • 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 2:1
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    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.

  • Jer 33:12
    68%

    12 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Again there will be in this place, which is a waste, without man and without beast, and in all its towns, a resting-place where the keepers of sheep will make their flocks take rest.

  • Ezek 34:9
    67%

    9 For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

  • Luke 2:32
    67%

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

  • Jer 25:35
    67%

    35 There will be no way of flight for the keepers of sheep, no road for the chiefs of the flock to get away safely.

  • Ps 8:7
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    7 All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

  • Matt 2:22
    67%

    22 But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

  • Matt 2:19
    67%

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

  • Acts 12:6
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    6 And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.