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 guest room available for them.

¹² This will be a sign^(A) to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

¹⁶ So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.^(A)

¹⁶ This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.^(A) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.^(B)

⁵ All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.^(A)

But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

⁶ He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.^(A) Come and see the place where he lay.

³⁸ Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”

¹² And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted,^(A) for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.^(B)

¹⁷ ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins^(A) and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’^(B) Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.^(C)” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.^(D)