Isaiah 7:14,9:6-7, Luke 1:26-38,2:1-20

Isaiah 7

14

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

 

Isaiah 9

6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty ùGod, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

7

Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

 

Luke 1

26

But in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent of God to a city of Galilee, of which [the] name [was] Nazareth,

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to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.

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And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, [thou] favoured one! the Lord [is] with thee: [blessed art *thou* amongst women].

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But she, [seeing] [the angel], was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.

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And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

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and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

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*He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of [the] Highest; and [the] Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;

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and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end.

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But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?

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And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.

36

And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:

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for nothing shall be impossible with God.

38

And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of [the] Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Luke 2

1

But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

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The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.

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And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:

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and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city Nazareth to Judaea, to David's city, the which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

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to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him [as his] wife, she being great with child.

6

And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth [to her child] were fulfilled,

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and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

8

And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

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And lo, an angel of [the] Lord was there by them, and [the] glory of [the] Lord shone around them, and they feared [with] great fear.

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And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;

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for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ [the] Lord.

12

And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.

13

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,

14

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.

15

And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.

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And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;

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and having seen [it] they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.

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And all who heard [it] wondered at the things said to them by the shepherds.

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But Mary kept all these things [in her mind], pondering [them] in her heart.

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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.