Matthew 1:22

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This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

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  • Luke 24:44 : 44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
  • Matt 2:23 : 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.
  • Matt 5:17 : 17 Fulfillment of the Law and Prophets“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.
  • Matt 8:17 : 17 In this way what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled:“He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”
  • Matt 12:17 : 17 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
  • Matt 13:21 : 21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:“I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
  • 1 Kgs 8:15 : 15 He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.
  • 1 Kgs 8:24 : 24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.
  • Ezra 1:1 : 1 ¶ The Decree of Cyrus In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the LORD’s message spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD motivated King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his kingdom and also to put it in writing. It read:
  • Matt 2:15 : 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.”
  • John 10:35 : 35 If those people to whom the word of God came were called‘gods’(and the scripture cannot be broken),
  • John 12:38-40 : 38 so that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled. He said,“Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39 For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said, 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”
  • John 15:25 : 25 Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law,‘They hated me without reason.’
  • John 17:12 : 12 When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.
  • John 18:9 : 9 He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken,“I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”
  • John 19:36-37 : 36 For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled,“Not a bone of his will be broken.” 37 And again another scripture says,“They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”
  • Acts 3:18 : 18 But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets– that his Christ would suffer– he has fulfilled in this way.
  • Acts 13:27-29 : 27 For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him. 28 Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.
  • Rev 17:17 : 17 For God has put into their minds to carry out his purpose by making a decision to give their royal power to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled.
  • Luke 21:22 : 22 because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

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    30So the angel said to her,“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God!

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