Luke 2:7

World English Bible (2000)

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.

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  • John 1:14 : 14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
  • Isa 53:2-3 : 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. 3 He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him.
  • Matt 1:25 : 25 and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
  • Exod 4:24 : 24 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.
  • Luke 2:11-12 : 11 For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."
  • 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.
  • Luke 10:34 : 34 came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
  • Ps 22:6 : 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
  • Matt 13:55 : 55 Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

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  • Luke 2:3-6
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    85%

    3All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.

    4Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

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

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

  • Luke 2:8-22
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    83%

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

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

    10The 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.

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

    12This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."

    13Suddenly, 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."

    15It 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."

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

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

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

    19But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

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

    21When 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.

    22When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

  • Matt 2:1-2
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    1Now 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 1:20-23
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    20But 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.

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

    22Now 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."

  • Matt 1:25
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    25and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

  • Luke 1:57
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    57Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

  • Matt 1:18
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    18Now 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.

  • Matt 2:4-5
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    4Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

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

  • Matt 2:8-11
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    8He 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."

    9They, 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.

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

    11They 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.

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    27He 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,

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

  • Luke 1:31-32
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    31Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.'

    32He 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,

  • Matt 2:13-14
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    13Now 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."

    14He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

  • Luke 1:26-27
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    26Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

    27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

  • Luke 2:39
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    39When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

  • Matt 2:21
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    21He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

  • Rev 12:2
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    2She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.

  • Luke 1:35-36
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    35The 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.

    36Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

  • Luke 1:14
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    14You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

  • Isa 7:14
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    14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

  • Luke 2:1
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    1Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.