Luke 2:16

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So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

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  • Luke 2:7 : 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no room available for them in the inn.
  • Luke 2:12 : 12 This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
  • Luke 19:32 : 32 So those who were sent departed and found it just as he had told them.
  • Luke 22:13 : 13 So they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Luke 1:39 : 39 In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah.

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  • Luke 2:17-20
    4 verses
    86%

    17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child.

    18 And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them.

    19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.

    20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

  • Luke 2:4-15
    12 verses
    84%

    4 So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

    5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

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

    7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no room available for them in the inn.

    8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

    9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

    10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that is for all the people.

    11 Today, in the city of David, a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

    12 This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

    13 Suddenly, there was with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

    14 "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to those on whom his favor rests."

    15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

  • Matt 2:7-14
    8 verses
    79%

    7 Then Herod secretly called the magi and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

    8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, 'Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too may go and worship Him.'

    9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and behold, the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

    10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed with great emotion.

    11 Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another route.

    13 After they departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him.'

    14 So Joseph got up, took the child and His mother during the night, and departed for Egypt.

  • Matt 2:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem.

    2 They asked, 'Where is the newborn King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.'

  • Matt 2:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 He called together all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

    5 They replied, 'In Bethlehem of Judea, because this is what was written by the prophet:

  • Luke 1:39
    73%

    39 In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah.

  • Luke 2:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27 Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required,

    28 Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:

  • Matt 2:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead.'

    21 Joseph got up, took the child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

  • Matt 1:22-25
    4 verses
    73%

    22 All this happened to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

    23 'Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel' (which means, 'God with us').

    24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as his wife.

    25 But he did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to her firstborn son. And he named him Jesus.

  • Matt 1:18
    72%

    18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened in this way: When his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 2:39
    72%

    39 When they had completed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

  • Luke 2:33
    72%

    33 The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

  • Luke 2:43-46
    4 verses
    71%

    43 When the festival was over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents were unaware of it.

    44 Thinking he was in their traveling group, they went a day's journey. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.

    45 When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

    46 After three days, they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

  • Luke 1:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26 In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

    27 to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

  • Luke 1:30-31
    2 verses
    70%

    30

    31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

  • Matt 1:20
    70%

    20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.'

  • Luke 1:41
    70%

    41 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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