Luke 2:7

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Summary

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 wrapped

2 Corinthians 8:9

The inn

General references

Luke 1:57

Bible References

And wrapped

For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

The inn

And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.

Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

And when we came to our night's resting-place, on opening our bags we saw that every man's money was in the mouth of his bag, all our money in full weight: and we have it with us to give it back;

Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.

General references

Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.