Luke 2:5
He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.
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- Deut 22:22-27 : 22 If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel. 23 If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and goes to bed with her, 24 you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you. 25 But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die. 26 You must not do anything to the young woman– she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person and murders him, 27 for the man met her in the field and the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.
- Matt 1:18-19 : 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. 19 Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.
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- Luke 2:1-44 verses83%
1 The Census and the Birth of Jesus Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.
2 This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
3 Everyone went to his own town to be registered.
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David.
- Luke 2:6-83 verses80%
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.
8 The Shepherds’ Visit Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.
- Luke 1:24-296 verses79%
24 After some time his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. She said,
25 “This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.”
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.
28 The angel came to her and said,“Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”
29 But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.
- Matt 1:18-258 verses79%
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.
19 Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.
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.”
24 When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,
25 but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.
- Matt 1:15-162 verses72%
15 Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
- Luke 1:38-392 verses72%
38 So Mary said,“Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.
39 Mary and Elizabeth In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,
- Luke 1:31-322 verses71%
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.
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2 She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.
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16 So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.
- Luke 1:56-572 verses69%
56 So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then returned to her home.
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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33 So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.
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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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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.
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14 Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.
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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,
- Luke 1:34-363 verses69%
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.
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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5 Birth Announcement of John the Baptist During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.
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5 “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said,“for it is written this way by the prophet:
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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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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.
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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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14 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled:
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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.
- Luke 1:41-422 verses67%
41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 She exclaimed with a loud voice,“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb!
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4 But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
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23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord,“Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),