Luke 2:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Mic 5:2 : 2 A King Will Come and a Remnant Will Prosper(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
  • Luke 1:57 : 57 The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.
  • Rev 12:1-5 : 1 The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns. 4 Now the dragon’s tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The LORD’s decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

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  • Luke 2:7-9
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    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.

  • Luke 2:1-5
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    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.

    5He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.

  • Luke 2:15-18
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    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.

    17When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

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

  • 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 1:56-57
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    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.

  • Luke 2:11-13
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    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,

  • 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.

  • Matt 2:1-2
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    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.”

  • Luke 2:20-23
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    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.

    22Jesus’ 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”),

  • 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.

  • Matt 2:8-10
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    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.

  • 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,

  • 2She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.

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

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

  • Luke 1:26-27
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    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.

  • 4But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

  • Matt 2:14-15
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    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.”

  • 24When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • 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!

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

  • 24After some time his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. She said,

  • 31Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

  • 3So the LORD will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel.

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

  • 45And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

  • 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.

  • 41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • 14so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled: