anCited from Mal. 4:6
av[See ver. 21 above]
bs[See ver. 32 above]
bxCited from Gen. 18:14 (Gk.); See Matt. 19:26
cm[See ver. 46 above]
cw[See ver. 51 above]
de[See ver. 54 above]
dk[See ver. 60 above]
ek[Jer. 32:39 (Heb.); Matt. 28:20 (Gk.)]
fd[See ver. 1 above]
fm[See ver. 4 above]
gq[See ver. 23 above]
grCited from Lev. 12:8
hz[See ver. 41 above]

Luke 1

Dedication to Theophilus

1Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that ahave been accomplished among us, 2 bjust as those who cfrom the beginning were deyewitnesses and eministers of fthe word ghave delivered them to us, 3it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write han orderly account for you, imost excellent jTheophilus, 4that you may have kcertainty concerning the things lyou have been taught.

Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

5 mIn the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,
Greek Zacharias
oof pthe division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
6And they were both qrighteous before God, walking rblamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. 7But they had no child, because sElizabeth was barren, and tboth were advanced in years.

8Now uwhile he was serving as priest before God when vhis division was on duty, 9according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot wto enter xthe temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10And the whole multitude of the people ywere praying zoutside at the hour of incense. 11And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of aathe altar of incense. 12And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and abfear fell upon him. 13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for acyour prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and adyou shall call his name John. 14And you will have joy and gladness, and many will aerejoice at his birth, 15for he will be afgreat before the Lord. And aghe must not drink wine or strong ahdrink, and aihe will be ajfilled with the Holy Spirit, akeven from his mother’s womb. 16And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17and alhe will go before him amin the spirit and power of Elijah, anto turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and aothe disobedient to the wisdom of the just, apto make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

18And Zechariah said to the angel, aqHow shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.” 19And the angel answered him, “I am arGabriel. asI stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. 20And behold, atyou will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.” 21And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in authe temple. 22And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in avthe temple. And awhe kept making signs to them and remained mute. 23And axwhen his time of ayservice was ended, he went to his home.

24After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying, 25Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, azto take away my reproach among people.”

Birth of Jesus Foretold

26In the sixth month the angel baGabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named bbNazareth, 27 bcto a virgin betrothed
That is, legally pledged to be married
to a man whose name was Joseph, beof the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
28And he came to her and said, “Greetings, bfO favored one, bgthe Lord is with you!”
Some manuscripts add Blessed are you among women!
29But bishe was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 30And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for bjyou have found favor with God. 31And behold, bkyou will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and blyou shall call his name Jesus. 32He will be great and will be called the Son of bmthe Most High. And the Lord God bnwill give to him the throne of bohis father David, 33and he will reign over the house of Jacob bpforever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

34And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
Greek  since I do not know a man


35And the angel answered her, br“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of bsthe Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born
Some manuscripts add of you
will be called buholy— bvthe Son of God.
36And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her bwwho was called barren. 37For bxnothing will be impossible with God.” 38And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant
Greek bondservant; also verse 48
of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And bzthe angel departed from her.

Mary Visits Elizabeth

39In those days Mary arose and went with haste into cathe hill country, to a town in Judah, 40and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth cbwas filled with the Holy Spirit, 42and she exclaimed with a loud cry, ccBlessed are you among women, and cdblessed is cethe fruit of your womb! 43And why is this granted to me that the mother of cfmy Lord should come to me? 44For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45And cgblessed is she who believed that there would be
Or  believed, for there will be
a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”

Mary’s Song of Praise: The Magnificat

46And Mary said,

ciMy cjsoul ckmagnifies the Lord,
47 cland my cmspirit rejoices in cnGod my Savior,
48for cohe has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
For behold, from now on all generations cpwill call me blessed;
49for cqhe who is mighty crhas done great things for me,
and csholy is his name.
50And cthis mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
51 cuHe has shown strength with his arm;
cvhe has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 cwhe has brought down the mighty from their thrones
cxand exalted those of humble estate;
53he has filled cythe hungry with good things,
and the rich czhe has sent away empty.
54He has dahelped dbhis servant Israel,
dcin remembrance of his mercy,
55 ddas he spoke to our fathers,
deto Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
56And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home.

The Birth of John the Baptist

57Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. 58And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord dfhad shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. 59And dgon the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, 60but his mother answered, “No; dhhe shall be called John.” 61And they said to her, “None of your relatives is called by this name.” 62And dithey made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called. 63And he asked for dja writing tablet and wrote, dkHis name is John.” And they all wondered. 64 dlAnd immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue dmloosed, and he spoke, dnblessing God. 65And dofear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all dpthe hill country of Judea, 66and all who heard them dqlaid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For drthe hand of the Lord was with him.

Zechariah’s Prophecy

67And his father Zechariah dswas filled with the Holy Spirit and dtprophesied, saying,

68 duBlessed be the Lord dvGod of Israel,
for he has dwvisited and dxredeemed his people
69and dyhas raised up dza horn of salvation for us
eain the house of his servant David,
70 ebas eche spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 edthat we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 eeto show the mercy promised to our fathers
and efto remember his holy egcovenant,
73 ehthe oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him eiwithout fear,
75 ejin holiness and righteousness before him ekall our days.
76And you, child, will be called elthe prophet of emthe Most High;
for enyou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77to give knowledge of salvation to his people
eoin the forgiveness of their sins,
78because of the eptender mercy of our God,
whereby eqthe sunrise shall ervisit us
Or when the sunrise shall dawn upon us; some manuscripts since the sunrise has visited us
etfrom on high
79to eugive light to evthose who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into ewthe way of expeace.”
80 eyAnd the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was ezin the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Luke 2

The Birth of Jesus Christ

1In those days faa decree went out from fbCaesar Augustus that all the world should be fcregistered. 2This was the first fdregistration when
Or  This was the registration before
Quirinius ffwas governor of Syria.
3And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4And Joseph also went up fgfrom Galilee, from the town of fhNazareth, to Judea, to fithe city of David, which is called fjBethlehem, fkbecause he was of the house and lineage of David, 5to be registered with Mary, his betrothed,
That is, one legally pledged to be married
who was with child.
6And fmwhile they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and fnwrapped him in swaddling cloths and folaid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in fpthe inn.

The Shepherds and the Angels

8And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9And an angel of the Lord fqappeared to them, and frthe glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all fsthe people. 11For ftunto you is born this day in futhe city of David fva Savior, who is fwChrist fxthe Lord. 12And fythis will be a sign for you: you will find a baby fzwrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13And suddenly there was with the angel gaa multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

14 gbGlory to God gcin the highest,
gdand on earth gepeace gfamong those with whom he is pleased!”
Some manuscripts  peace, good will among men

15When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby ghlying in a manger. 17And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 18And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 19But giMary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20And the shepherds returned, gjglorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

21And gkat the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, glhe was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Jesus Presented at the Temple

22And gmwhen the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem gnto present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in gothe Law of the Lord, gpEvery male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in gqthe Law of the Lord, gr“a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” 25Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was gsrighteous and gtdevout, guwaiting for gvthe consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not gwsee death before he had seen gxthe Lord’s Christ. 27And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when gythe parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28he took him up in his arms and gzblessed God and said,

29 Lord, now you are letting your servant
Greek bondservant
depart hbin peace,
hcaccording to your word;
30for hdmy eyes have seen your hesalvation
31 hfthat you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 hga light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and hhfor glory to hiyour people Israel.”
33And hjhis father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 34And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed hkfor the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign hlthat is opposed 35(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

36And there was hma prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37and then as a widow until she was eighty-four.
Or  as a widow for eighty-four years
She did not depart from the temple, howorshiping with hpfasting and prayer night and day.
38And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were hqwaiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

The Return to Nazareth

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

The Boy Jesus in the Temple

41Now huhis parents went hvto Jerusalem every year at hwthe Feast of the Passover. 42And when he was twelve years old, hxthey went up according to custom. 43And when the feast hywas ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. hzHis parents did not know it, 44but supposing him to be in the group they went a day’s journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, 45and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. 46After three days they found him in the temple, iasitting among ibthe teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48And when his parents
Greek they
saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, idyour father and I have been searching for you in great distress.”
49And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that ieI must be in ifmy Father’s house?”
Or about my Father’s business
50And ihthey did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. 51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And iihis mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

52And Jesus ijincreased in wisdom and in stature
Or years
and in ilfavor with God and man.

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