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the NIV Bible.
Matthew
Mt.
1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary
was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she
was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Mt.
1:19 Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to
expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
Mt.
1:20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to
him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take
Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the
Holy Spirit. Mt. 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give
him the name
Jesus,
[Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the LORD saves.]
because he will save his people from theirsins."
Mt.
1:22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the
prophet:
Mt.
1:23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and
they will call him Immanuel" — [Isaiah 7:14] which means,
"God
with us."
Mt.
1:24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had
commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
Mt.
1:25 But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he
gave him the name Jesus.
CHAPTER
2
Mt.
2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King
Herod, Magi [Traditionally Wise Men] from the east came to Jerusalem
Mt.
2:2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We
saw his star in the east [Or star when it rose] and have come to
worship him."
Mt.
2:3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with
him.
Mt.
2:4 When he had called together all the people’s chief
priests
and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ [Or Messiah]
was to be born.
Mt.
2:5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the
prophet has written:
Mt.
2:6 "`But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least
among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be
the shepherd of my people Israel.’" [Micah 5:2]
Mt.
2:7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the
exact time the star had appeared.
Mt.
2:8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search
for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may
go and worship him."
Mt.
2:9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star
they had seen in the east [Or seen when it rose] went ahead of them
until it stopped over the place where the child was.
Mt.
2:10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
Mt.
2:11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary,
and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their
treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of
myrrh.
Mt.
2:12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they
returned to their country by another route.
Mt.
2:13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a
dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to
Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for
the child to kill him."
Mt.
2:14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and
left for Egypt,
Mt.
2:15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled
what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my
son." [Hosea 11:1]
Mt.
2:16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was
furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its
vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time
he had learned from the Magi.
Mt.
2:17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
Mt.
2:18 "A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel
weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are
no more." [Jer. 31:15]
Mt.
2:19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to
Joseph in Egypt
Mt.
2:20 and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the
land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s
life are dead."
Mt.
2:21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land
of Israel.
Mt.
2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of
his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a
dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
Mt.
2:23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled
what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."
Luke
Lk.
1:26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town
in Galilee,
Lk.
1:27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a
descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
Lk.
1:28 The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly
favoured! The Lord is with you."
Lk.
1:29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of
greeting this might be.
Lk.
1:30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found
favour with God.
Lk.
1:31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to
give him the name Jesus.
Lk.
1:32 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,
Lk.
1:33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; his kingdom
will never end."
Lk.
1:34 "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"
Lk.
1:35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the
power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born
will be called [Or So the child to be born
will
be called holy,] the Son of God.
Lk.
1:36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old
age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month.
Lk.
1:37 For nothing is impossible with God."
Lk.
1:38 "I am the Lord’s servant," Mary answered. "May it be to
me as you have said." Then the angel left her.
Lk.
1:39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill
country of Judea,
Lk.
1:40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.
Lk.
1:41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in
her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Lk.
1:42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and
blessed is the child you will bear!
Lk.
1:43 But why am I so favoured, that the mother of my Lord should come
to me?
Lk.
1:44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in
my womb leaped for joy.
Lk.
1:45 Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her
will be accomplished!"
Lk.
1:46 And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord
Lk.
1:47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
Lk.
1:48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From
now on all generations will call me blessed,
Lk.
1:49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me — holy
is his name.
Lk.
1:50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to
generation.
Lk.
1:51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those
who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
Lk.
1:52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up
the humble.
Lk.
1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich
away empty.
Lk.
1:54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful
Lk.
1:55 to Abraham and his descendants for ever, even as he said to our
fathers."
Lk.
1:56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then
returned home.
Lk.
1:57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to
a son.
Lk.
1:58 Her neighbours and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her
great mercy, and they shared her joy.
Lk.
1:59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were
going to name him after his father Zechariah,
Lk.
1:60 but his mother spoke up and said, "No! He is to be called John."
Lk.
1:61 They said to her, "There is no-one among your relatives who has
that name."
Lk.
1:62 Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like
to name the child.
Lk.
1:63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s
astonishment he wrote, "His name is John."
Lk.
1:64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue was loosed, and he
began to speak, praising God.
Lk.
1:65 The neighbours were all filled with awe, and throughout the hill
country of Judea people were talking about all these things.
Lk.
1:66 Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, "What then is
this child going to be?" For the Lord’s hand was with him.
Lk.
1:67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and
prophesied:
Lk.
1:68 "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and
has redeemed his people.
Lk.
1:69 He has raised up a horn [Horn here symbolises strength.] of
salvation for us in the house of his servant David
Lk.
1:70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
Lk.
1:71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us
—
Lk.
1:72 to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,
Lk.
1:73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
Lk.
1:74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to
serve him without fear
Lk.
1:75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Lk.
1:76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for
you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
Lk.
1:77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the
forgiveness of their sins,
Lk.
1:78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun
will come to us from heaven
Lk.
1:79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace."
Lk.
1:80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in
the desert until he appeared publicly to Israel.
CHAPTER
2
Lk.
2:1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should
be taken of the entire Roman world.
Lk.
2:2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was
governor of Syria.)
Lk.
2:3 And everyone went to his own town to register.
Lk.
2:4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to
Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house
and line of David.
Lk.
2:5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married
to him and was expecting a child.
Lk.
2:6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born,
Lk.
2:7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in
cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them
in the inn.
Lk.
2:8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields near by, keeping
watch over their flocks at night.
Lk.
2:9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord
shone around them, and they were terrified.
Lk.
2:10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good
news of great joy that will be for all the people.
Lk.
2:11 Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is
Christ [Or Messiah. "The Christ" (Greek) and "the Messiah" (Hebrew)
both mean "the Anointed One"; also in
verse
26.] the Lord.
Lk.
2:12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths
and lying in a manger."
Lk.
2:13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the
angel, praising God and saying,
Lk.
2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom
his favour rests."
Lk.
2:15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds
said to one another, "Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this
thing
that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."
Lk.
2:16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who
was lying in the manger.
Lk.
2:17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had
been told them about this child,
Lk.
2:18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to
them.
Lk.
2:19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her
heart.
Lk.
2:20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the
things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
Lk.
2:21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was
named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been
conceived.
Lk.
2:22 When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses
had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present
him to the Lord
Lk.
2:23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male is
to be consecrated to the Lord"), [Exodus 13:2,12]
Lk.
2:24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law
of the Lord: "a pair of doves or two young pigeons".
[Lev.
12:8]
Lk.
2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous
and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy
Spirit was upon him.
Lk.
2:26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not
die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
Lk.
2:27 Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the
parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the
Law required,
Lk.
2:28 Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
Lk.
2:29 "Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss [Or
promised, now dismiss] your servant in peace.
Lk.
2:30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,
Lk.
2:31 which you have prepared in the sight of all people,
Lk.
2:32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your
people Israel."
Lk.
2:33 The child’s father and mother marvelled at what was said
about him.
Lk.
2:34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child
is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to
be a sign that will be spoken against,
Lk.
2:35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword
will pierce your own soul too."
Lk.
2:36 There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the
tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven
years after her marriage,
Lk.
2:37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. [Or widow for
eighty-four years] She never left the temple but worshipped night and
day, fasting and praying.
Lk.
2:38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and
spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption
of Jerusalem.
Lk.
2:39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of
the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
Lk.
2:40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom,
and the grace of God was upon him.
Ancient
Bible Prophecies Birth of Christ
Isaiah
7:14: Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will
be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Matthew
1:22-23: All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through
the prophet: 'The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a
son, and they will call him Immanuel'--which means, 'God with us.'
Micah
5:2: But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans
of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over
Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.
Matthew
2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King
Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
31:15: This is what the Lord says: 'A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning
and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be
comforted, because her children are no more.'
Matthew
2:16-18: When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he
was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and
its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the
time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the
prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: 'A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and
great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be
comforted, because they are no more.'
Hosea
11:1: When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called
my son.
Matthew
2:14-15 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night
and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so
was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'Out of Egypt
I called my son.'
Other
General Prophecies Concerning His Life
Isaiah
9:6-7: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the
government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful
Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the
increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will
reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and
upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and
forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
Genesis
22:17-18 [Spoken to Abraham]: I will surely bless you and make your
descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the
seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their
enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be
blessed, because you have obeyed me."
Psalm
72:17: May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun.
All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.
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