Luke 2:17

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When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

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  • Ps 16:9-9 : 9 So my heart rejoices and I am happy; My life is safe. 10 You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.
  • Ps 66:16 : 16 Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.
  • Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds. 18 Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.
  • Mal 3:16 : 16 Then those who respected the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the LORD and honored his name.
  • Luke 2:38 : 38 At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
  • Luke 8:39 : 39 “Return to your home, and declare what God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him.
  • John 1:41-46 : 41 He first found his own brother Simon and told him,“We have found the Messiah!”(which is translated Christ). 42 Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said,“You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas”(which is translated Peter). 43 The Calling of More Disciples On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,“Follow me.” 44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.) 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him,“We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about– Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael replied,“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied,“Come and see.”
  • John 4:28-29 : 28 Then the woman left her water jar, went off into the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can’t be the Messiah, can he?”

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  • Luke 2:18-21
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    86%

    18and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said.

    19But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean.

    20So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

    21At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

  • Luke 2:6-16
    11 verses
    86%

    6While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

    7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

    8The Shepherds’ Visit Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.

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

    10But the angel said to them,“Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:

    11Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.

    12This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”

    13Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

    14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”

    15When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another,“Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us.”

    16So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

  • Matt 2:7-15
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    81%

    7Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

    8He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

    9After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

    10When they saw the star they shouted joyfully.

    11As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    12After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country.

    13The Escape to Egypt After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,“Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”

    14Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

    15He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled:“I called my Son out of Egypt.”

  • Luke 2:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

    33So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

  • Matt 2:1-2
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    76%

    1The Visit of the Wise Men After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

    2saying,“Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

  • Matt 2:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

    5“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said,“for it is written this way by the prophet:

  • Matt 1:22-23
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    22This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

    23“Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”

  • Luke 2:39
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    39So when Joseph and Mary had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

  • Luke 1:65-66
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    65All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

    66All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying,“What then will this child be?” For the Lord’s hand was indeed with him.

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    73%

    27So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

    28Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,

  • Ps 48:5
    72%

    5As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat.

  • Luke 2:43-44
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    72%

    43But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

    44but(because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day’s journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

  • Matt 2:17
    71%

    17Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

  • Luke 19:32
    71%

    32So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.

  • Luke 2:48
    70%

    48When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him,“Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”

  • Matt 2:19-21
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    70%

    19The Return to Nazareth After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

    20saying,“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.”

    21So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

  • Matt 1:18
    70%

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

  • Luke 2:50
    70%

    50Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

  • Luke 8:34
    70%

    34When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.

  • Matt 9:31
    70%

    31But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.