Isaiah 11:1

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of aJesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

Jeremiah 23:5

5 bBehold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous cBranch, and dhe shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Ezekiel 17:22-24

22Thus says the Lord God: e“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. fI will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and gI myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 hOn the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. iAnd under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. 24And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; jI bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up kthe green tree, and make lthe dry tree flourish. mI am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”

Zechariah 6:12

12And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is nthe Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and ohe shall build the temple of the Lord.

Mark 6:3

3 pIs not this qthe carpenter, the son of Mary and rbrother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And sthey took offense at him.

Luke 2:7

7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and twrapped him in swaddling cloths and ulaid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in vthe inn.

Luke 2:39-40

The Return to Nazareth

39And when they had performed everything according to wthe Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of xNazareth. 40 yAnd the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

Luke 2:51-52

51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And zhis mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

52And Jesus aaincreased in wisdom and in stature
Or years
and in acfavor with God and man.

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