Isaiah 53:2
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2 For he grew up before him like a young plant
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.(A)
Philippians 2:6-7
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6 who, though he existed in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be grasped,(A)
7 but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
assuming human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a human,(B)
Isaiah 52:14
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14 Just as there were many who were astonished at him[a]
—so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance,
and his form beyond that of mortals—(A)
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- 52.14 Syr Tg: Heb you
John 1:10-14
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10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, yet the world did not know him.(A) 11 He came to what was his own,[a] and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,(B) 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.(C)
14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[b] full of grace and truth.(D)
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Isaiah 11:1
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Jeremiah 23:5
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The Righteous Branch of David
5 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.(A)
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Mark 6:3
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3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary[a] and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense[b] at him.(A)
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Ezekiel 17:22-24
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Israel Exalted at Last
22 Thus says the Lord God:
I myself will take a sprig
from the lofty top of the cedar;
I will set it out.
I will break off a tender shoot
from the topmost of its young twigs;
I myself will transplant it
on a high and lofty mountain.(A)
23 On the mountain height of Israel
I will transplant it,
and it will produce boughs and bear fruit
and become a noble cedar.
Under it every kind of bird will live;
in the shade of its branches will nest
winged creatures of every kind.(B)
24 All the trees of the field shall know
that I am the Lord.
I bring low the high tree;
I make high the low tree;
I dry up the green tree
and make the dry tree flourish.
I the Lord have spoken;
I will accomplish it.(C)
John 19:14-15
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14 Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about noon. He said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”(A) 15 They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”
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Mark 9:12
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12 He said to them, “Elijah is indeed coming first to restore all things. How then is it written about the Son of Man, that he is to go through many sufferings and be treated with contempt?
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Romans 8:3
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3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and to deal with sin,[a] he condemned sin in the flesh,(A)
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- 8.3 Or and as a sin offering
1 Peter 2:14
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14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
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John 19:5
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5 So Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate[a] said to them, “Behold the man!”(A)
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- 19.5 Gk He
John 18:40
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40 They shouted in reply, “Not this man but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a rebel.(A)
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John 9:28-29
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28 Then they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.(A) 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”(B)
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Luke 9:58
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58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
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Luke 2:51-52
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51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them, and his mother treasured all these things in her heart.(A)
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years[a] and in divine and human favor.(B)
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- 2.52 Or in stature
Luke 2:39-40
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The Return to Nazareth
39 When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.(A) 40 The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.(B)
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Zechariah 6:12
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12 say to him: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Here is a man whose name is Branch, for he shall branch out in his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord.(A)
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Luke 2:7
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7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place in the guest room.[a]
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- 2.7 Or their room
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