Luke 2, verse by verse ...

[NorwayUnn]

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Luke 2:1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.

 

[doc329]

Luke 2:2
This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

 

[barb754]

Luke 2:3
And everyone went to his own town to register.

 

[doc329]

Luke 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.

 

[angelwind]

Luke 2:5

to be registered with Mary, his bethrothed wife, who was with child.

 

[barb754]

Luke 2:6
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born

 

[doc329]

Luke 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.

 

[BeckaMarie]

Luke 2:8

Now there were in the same country sheperds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.

 

[angelwind]

Luke 2:9

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

 

[NorwayUnn]

Luke 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.

 

[Rut]

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Luke 2:11

 

[angelwind]

Luke 2:12

"And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger."

 

[Fawnzi]

Luke 2:13 "Then a very large group of angels from heaven joined the first angel, praising God and saying:"

 

[doc329]

Luke 2:14
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

 

[StMatthew2429]

Luke 2:15: And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

 

[kelco]

Luk 2:16 So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.

 

[angelwind]

Luke 2:17

Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child.

 

[kelco]

Luk 2:18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

 

[angelwind]

Luke 2:19

But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

 

[doc329]

Luke 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.