Matthew 1:22

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Luke 24:44 : 44 He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
  • Matt 2:23 : 23 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."
  • Matt 5:17 : 17 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.
  • Matt 8:17 : 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."
  • Matt 12:17 : 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
  • Matt 13:21 : 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."
  • 1 Kgs 8:15 : 15 He said, "Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
  • 1 Kgs 8:24 : 24 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
  • Ezra 1:1 : 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
  • Matt 2:15 : 15 and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."
  • John 10:35 : 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken),
  • John 12:38-40 : 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 39 For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again, 40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them."
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
  • John 17:12 : 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. None of them is lost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
  • John 18:9 : 9 that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none."
  • John 19:36-37 : 36 For these things happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of him will not be broken." 37 Again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they pierced."
  • Acts 3:18 : 18 But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
  • Acts 13:27-29 : 27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him. 28 Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed. 29 When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
  • Rev 17:17 : 17 For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
  • Luke 21:22 : 22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

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  • Matt 1:20-21
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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.

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    4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

  • Luke 1:30-38
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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,

    33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."

    34 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"

    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.

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

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    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.

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    4 Joseph 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;

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

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    15 and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."

  • Luke 1:42-46
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    42 She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

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    66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

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    15 Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.

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    2 As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.