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%
1The Census and the Birth of Jesus Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.
2This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
3Everyone went to his own town to be registered.
4So 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%
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.
- Luke 1:24-296 verses79%
24After 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.”
26Birth 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,
27to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.
28The angel came to her and said,“Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”
29But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.
- Matt 1:18-258 verses79%
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.
19Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.
20When 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.
21She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
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.”
24When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,
25but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.
- Matt 1:15-162 verses72%
15Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
16and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
- Luke 1:38-392 verses72%
38So 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.
39Mary 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%
31Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.
32He 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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2She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.
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16So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.
- Luke 1:56-572 verses69%
56So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then returned to her home.
57The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.
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33So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.
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21So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.
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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.
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14Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.
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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,
- Luke 1:34-363 verses69%
34Mary said to the angel,“How will this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?”
35The 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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5Birth 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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12This 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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51Then 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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23He 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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14so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled:
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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 1:41-422 verses67%
41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42She exclaimed with a loud voice,“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb!
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4But 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”),