Luke 2:8
There were in ye same countrey sheepheardes, abydyng in the fielde, & watchyng their flocke by nyght.
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- Gen 31:39-40 : 39 Whatsoeuer was torne of beastes I brought it not vnto thee, but made it good my selfe: of my hande diddest thou require it that was stolen by day or nyght. 40 I was in suche case, that by day the heate consumed me, and the frost by nyght, and my slepe departed from mine eyes.
- Ezek 34:8 : 8 As truely as I lyue saith the Lorde God, forsomuch as my sheepe are robbed, & deuoured of all the wylde beastes of the fielde, hauing no shepheard, and seeing that my shepheardes seke not my sheepe, but the shepheardes feede them selues, and feede not my sheepe:
- John 10:8-9 : 8 All, euen as many as came before me, are thieues and robbers: but the sheepe dyd not heare them. 9 I am the doore: by me yf any man enter in, he shalbe safe, and shall go in and out, and fynde pasture. 10 A thiefe commeth not, but for to steale, kyll, & to destroy: I am come, that they myght haue lyfe, and that they myght haue it more aboundauntly. 11 I am the good sheephearde. A good sheephearde, geueth his lyfe for the sheepe. 12 An hyrelyng, and he which is not the sheephearde, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe commyng, and leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth, & scattereth the sheepe.
- Exod 3:1-2 : 1 Moyses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, priest of Madian: and he droue the flocke to the backesyde of the desert, aud came to the mountayne of God Horeb. 2 And the angell of the Lorde appeared vnto hym in a flambe of fire out of the middes of a busshe: And he loked, and beholde the busshe burned with fire, and the busshe was not consumed.
- 1 Sam 17:34-35 : 34 Dauid aunswered vnto Saul: Thy seruaunt kept his fathers sheepe, & ther came a lion and likewise a beare, and toke a sheepe, out of the flocke: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and toke it out of his mouth: And whe he arose against me, I caught him by the bearde, and smote him, and slue him.
- Ps 78:70-71 : 70 He chose also Dauid his seruaunt: and toke hym away from the sheepefoldes. 71 As he was folowing the ewes great with young he toke hym: that he might feede Iacob his people, and Israel his inheritaunce.
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- Luke 2:9-2012 verses85%
9 And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde.
10 And the Angel sayde vnto them, be not afrayde: For beholde, I bryng you tydynges of great ioy, that shall come to all people.
11 For vnto you is borne this daye, in the citie of Dauid, a sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.
12 And take this for a signe: Ye shal finde the childe wrapped in swadling clothes, and layde in a manger.
13 And straightway, there was with the Angel, a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praysyng God, and saying.
14 Glorie to God on hye, and peace on the earth, and vnto men a good wyll.
15 And it came to passe, assoone as the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, the sheepheardes said one to another: Let vs go nowe euen vnto Bethlehem, and see this thyng that is come to passe, whiche the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs.
16 And they came with haste, and founde Marie and Ioseph, and the babe layde in a manger.
17 And when they had seene it, they publisshed abrode the saying whiche was tolde them, of that childe.
18 And all they that hearde it, wondred at those thinges which were tolde them of the sheepheardes.
19 But Marie kept al those sayinges, and pondered them in her heart.
20 And the sheepheardes returned, praysyng & laudyng God, for all the thinges that they had hearde and seene, euen as it was tolde vnto them.
- Luke 2:4-74 verses83%
4 And Ioseph also went vp from Galilee, out of the citie Nazareth, into Iurie, vnto the citie of Dauid, whiche is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and image of Dauid,
5 To be taxed with Marie his spoused wyfe, which was with chylde.
6 And so it was, that whyle they were there, the dayes were accomplysshed, that she shoulde be deliuered.
7 And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadlyng clothes, & layde hym in a manger, because there was no rowme for them in the Inne.
- Matt 2:1-1414 verses75%
1 When Iesus was borne in Bethlehem, a citie of Iurie, in the dayes of Herode the kyng: beholde, there came wise men from the east to Hierusalem,
2 Saying: Where is he that is borne kyng of Iewes? For we haue seene his starre in the east, and are come to worship hym.
3 When Herode the kyng had hearde these thynges, he was troubled, and all the citie of Hierusalem with hym.
4 And when he hadde gathered all the chiefe Priestes and Scribes of the people together, he demaunded of them where Christe shoulde be borne.
5 And they saide vnto him: At Bethlehem in Iurie. For thus it is written by the prophete.
6 And thou Bethlehem in the lande of Iuda, art not the least among the princes of Iuda. For out of thee shall there come a capitain, that shal gouerne my people Israel.
7 Then Herode, when he had priuilye called the wyse men, inquired of the diligently, what tyme the starre appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and sayde: Go, and search diligently for the young childe, and when ye haue founde hym, bryng me worde agayne, that I may come, and worship hym also.
9 When they had hearde the kyng, they departed, and loe, the starre which they sawe in the east, went before them, tyl it came & stoode ouer the place wherin the young chylde was.
10 When they sawe the starre, they reioyced excedyngly with great ioy.
11 And went into the house, and founde the young chylde with Marie his mother, and fell downe, and worshypped hym, and opened their treasures, and presented vnto hym gyftes, golde, and frankensence, and mirre.
12 And after they were warned of God in a dreame, that they shoulde not go agayne to Herode, they returned into their owne countrey another way.
13 When they were departed, beholde, the Angel of the Lord appeared to Ioseph in a dreame, saying: Aryse, & take the young chylde and his mother, and flee into Egipte, and be thou there, tyll I bryng thee worde. For it wyll come to passe, that Herode shall seke ye young chylde, to destroy hym.
14 When he arose, he toke the young chylde and his mother, by nyght, and departed into Egipt.
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3 Their tentes shall they pitche rounde about her, and euery one shall feede in his place.
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16 They were a wall vnto vs both by night and day, all the while we were with them keping sheepe.
- Matt 1:22-232 verses69%
22 (All this was done, that it myght be fulfilled, which was spoken of the lorde by the prophete, saying:
23 Behold, a virgin shalbe with childe, and shall bryng foorth a sonne, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, whiche is by interpretation, God with vs.)
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18 The birth of Iesus Christe was on this wise. When as his mother Marie was betrouthed to Ioseph (before they came together) she was founde with chylde of the holy ghost.
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20 But whyle he thought these thinges, beholde, the Angell of the Lord appeared vnto hym in a dreame, saying: Ioseph, thou sonne of Dauid, feare not to take vnto thee Marie thy wife, for that which is conceaued in her, is of the holy ghost.
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7 Therefore O ye shepheardes, heare the worde of the Lorde.
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79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace.
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2 The people that walked in darknesse, haue seene a great light: As for them that dwell in the lande of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined.
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32 And they are shepheardes, for theyr trade hath ben to feede cattell: and they haue brought theyr sheepe and theyr cattell, and all that they haue.
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26 And in the sixth moneth, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God, vnto a citie of Galilee, named Nazareth,
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1 And it came to passe in those dayes, yt there went out a commaundement fro Augustus Cesar, that all the world should be taxed.
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12 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, It shall come yet therto, that in this lande whiche is voyde from men and cattle, and in all the cities of the lande, there shalbe set vp shepheardes cottages to rest their flockes.
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9 Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde O ye shepheardes,
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32 A light to be reuealed to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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35 The sheepheardes shall haue no way to flee, and the rammes of the flocke shall not escape.
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7 All sheepe and oxen, & also the beastes of the fielde:
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22 But when he hearde, that Archelaus dyd reigne in Iurie in the rowme of his father Herode, he was afrayde to go thyther. Notwithstandyng, after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned aside, into the parties of Galilee,
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19 But when Herode was dead, beholde, an Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a dreame, in Egipt, saying.
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6 And when Herode woulde haue brought hym foorth vnto the people, the same nyght slept Peter betweene two souldiers, bounde with two chaynes, and the kepers before the doore kept the pryson.