Matthew 1:24

World English Bible (2000)

Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;

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  • Gen 6:22 : 22 Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.
  • Gen 7:5 : 5 Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.
  • Gen 22:2-3 : 2 He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of." 3 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
  • Exod 40:16 : 16 Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
  • Exod 40:19 : 19 He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • Exod 40:25 : 25 He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • Exod 40:27 : 27 and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • Exod 40:32 : 32 When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • 2 Kgs 5:11-14 : 11 But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, "Behold, I thought, 'He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.' 12 Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them, and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, "My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn't you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean?'" 14 Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
  • John 2:5-8 : 5 His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it." 6 Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews' way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece. 7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They filled them up to the brim. 8 He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast." So they took it.
  • John 15:14 : 14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
  • Heb 11:7-8 : 7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. 8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
  • Heb 11:24-31 : 24 By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to share ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time; 26 accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward. 27 By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 28 By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them. 29 By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up. 30 By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days. 31 By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
  • Jas 2:21-26 : 21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith. 25 In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

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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.

    19Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

    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 1:24-32
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    24After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

    25"Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

    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.

    28Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"

    29But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

    30The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

    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,

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    12Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

    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,

    15and 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."

  • Matt 2:19-22
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    19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

    20"Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."

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

    22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,

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

    16Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

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    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.

    7She 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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    34Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"

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    37For everything spoken by God is possible."

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    7It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

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    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.

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    10As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

    11About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.

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

  • Gen 39:19
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    19It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," that his wrath was kindled.

  • Luke 1:13
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    13But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

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    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.

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    51Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."