Luke 2:21
At 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.
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- Luke 1:31 : 31 Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.
- Luke 1:59 : 59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.
- Gen 17:12 : 12 Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.
- Lev 12:3 : 3 On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised.
- Matt 1:21 : 21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
- Matt 1:25 : 25 but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.
- Matt 3:15 : 15 So Jesus replied to him,“Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.
- Gal 4:4-5 : 4 But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.
- Phil 2:8 : 8 He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross!
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- Luke 2:22-232 verses79%
22 Jesus’ Presentation at the Temple Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord,“Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),
- Luke 1:59-635 verses79%
59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.
60 But his mother replied,“No! He must be named John.”
61 They said to her,“But none of your relatives bears this name.”
62 So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.
63 He asked for a writing tablet and wrote,“His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
- Luke 1:31-322 verses77%
31 Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.
32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
- Luke 2:26-283 verses76%
26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
27 So 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,
28 Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,
- Matt 1:20-234 verses74%
20 When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 This 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.”
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25 but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.
- Luke 2:6-72 verses73%
6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.
7 And 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.
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20 So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.
- Luke 1:26-272 verses72%
26 Birth Announcement of Jesus the Messiah In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.
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33 So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.
- Luke 2:11-122 verses71%
11 Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.
12 This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
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18 The 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 2:39-413 verses70%
39 So when Joseph and Mary had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.
41 Jesus in the Temple Now Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Feast of the Passover.
- Luke 1:66-672 verses70%
66 All 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.
67 Zechariah’s Praise and Prediction Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,
- Luke 1:13-153 verses70%
13 But the angel said to him,“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.
14 Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
- Luke 2:16-172 verses70%
16 So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.
17 When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,
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57 The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.
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21 So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.
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80 And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.
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76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
- Luke 1:35-362 verses69%
35 The angel replied,“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.
36 “And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age– although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!
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3 On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised.
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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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23 He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.
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9 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.
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43 But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,
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44 For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
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4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.
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21 The Baptism of Jesus Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened,