Luke 2:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.”
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“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 2:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Luke 1:39In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
- Luke 2:7And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 2:12And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
- Luke 19:32So those who were sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them.
- Luke 22:13So they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they prepared the Passover.
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