Luke 2:6
“And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.”
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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Cross-References
“The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.”
“Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.”
“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:”
“But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”
“There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.”