Luke 2:33

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

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  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Look, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
  • Luke 1:65-66 : 65 All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about. 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.
  • Luke 2:48 : 48 When 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.”

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  • Luke 2:34-35
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    34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary,“Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

    35 Indeed, as a result of him the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed– and a sword will pierce your own soul as well!”

  • Luke 2:46-52
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    46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

    47 And all who heard Jesus were astonished at his understanding and his answers.

    48 When 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.”

    49 But he replied,“Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

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

    51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

    52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.

  • Luke 2:16-21
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    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,

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

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

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

    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.

  • 22 All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said,“Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

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

    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.

  • Luke 2:43-44
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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,

    44 but(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.

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

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    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,

  • 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.

  • Matt 2:20-21
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    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 So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

  • 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.

  • Matt 1:22-23
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    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.”

  • Matt 2:13-15
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    13 The 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.”

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

    15 He 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.”

  • 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 1:31-32
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    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 2:39-41
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    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.

  • 56 Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

  • 29 But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.

  • Luke 1:62-63
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    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 1:34-35
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    34 Mary said to the angel,“How will this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?”

    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.

  • 43 And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

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

  • 46 Mary’s Hymn of Praise And Mary said,“My soul exalts the Lord,

  • 21 Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

  • 25 but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.

  • 42 and they said,“Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,‘I have come down from heaven’?”