Luke 2:12

World English Bible (2000)

This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."

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  • Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  • Isa 53:1-2 : 1 Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
  • Ps 22:6 : 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
  • Isa 7:11 : 11 "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."
  • Exod 3:12 : 12 He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
  • 1 Sam 2:34 : 34 "'This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall both die.
  • 1 Sam 10:2-7 : 2 When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, 'The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do for my son?"' 3 "Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and three men shall meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: 4 and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive of their hand. 5 "After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying: 6 and the Spirit of Yahweh will come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man. 7 Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you.
  • 2 Kgs 19:29 : 29 "'This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat its fruit.
  • 2 Kgs 20:8 : 8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of Yahweh the third day?"

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 2:5-11
    7 verses
    85%

    5 to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.

    6 It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

    7 She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

    8 There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

    9 Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

    10 The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.

    11 For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

  • Luke 2:13-18
    6 verses
    84%

    13 Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,

    14 "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men."

    15 It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

    16 They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

    17 When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

    18 All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.

  • Luke 1:30-32
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    30 The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

    31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.'

    32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

  • Luke 2:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

    21 When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

  • Matt 1:20-23
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    20 But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

    21 She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

    22 Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

    23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, "God with us."

  • Isa 7:14
    74%

    14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

  • Matt 2:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

    2 "Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."

  • Matt 2:8-11
    4 verses
    73%

    8 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

    9 They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.

    10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

    11 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

  • Matt 2:4-6
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    4 Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

    5 They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

    6 'You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"

  • Luke 1:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

    15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • Luke 2:31-34
    4 verses
    71%

    31 which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;

    32 a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel."

    33 Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,

    34 and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

  • Luke 2:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27 He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

    28 then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

  • Matt 1:18
    71%

    18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 1:26
    70%

    26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

  • Luke 1:35
    70%

    35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

  • Rev 12:2
    69%

    2 She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.

  • Luke 2:39
    69%

    39 When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

  • Matt 2:13
    69%

    13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

  • Luke 1:44
    68%

    44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

  • Luke 1:79
    68%

    79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."

  • Luke 2:23
    68%

    23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),

  • Matt 1:25
    68%

    25 and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.