Micah 5:2
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Matthew 2:6
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6 (A)“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will (B)shepherd my people Israel.’”
John 7:42
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42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes (A)from the offspring of David, and comes (B)from Bethlehem, the village (C)where David was?”
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Psalm 90:2
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2 (A)Before the (B)mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
(C)from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Luke 1:31-33
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31 And behold, (A)you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and (B)you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of (C)the Most High. And the Lord God (D)will give to him the throne of (E)his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob (F)forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
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Zechariah 9:9
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The Coming King of Zion
9 (A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(B)Behold, (C)your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
(D)humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Isaiah 9:6-7
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6 (A)For to us a child is born,
to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
(G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
(J)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
(K)with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
(L)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
- Isaiah 9:6 Or is called
Isaiah 11:1
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The Righteous Reign of the Branch
11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
Ezekiel 17:22-24
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22 Thus says the Lord God: (A)“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. (B)I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and (C)I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 (D)On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. (E)And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; (F)I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up (G)the green tree, and make (H)the dry tree flourish. (I)I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”
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1 Samuel 17:12
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12 Now David was (A)the son of an (B)Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, (C)named Jesse, (D)who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.[a]
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- 1 Samuel 17:12 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew advanced among men
Genesis 49:10
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10 The (A)scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff (B)from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[a]
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh
Matthew 28:18
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18 And Jesus came and said to them, (A)“All authority (B)in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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Genesis 48:7
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7 As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow (A)Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance[a] to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”
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- Genesis 48:7 Or about two hours' distance
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