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Luke 2:12

Luke 2:12 is verse 12 of Luke chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

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King James Version

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

World English Bible

This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.”

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Luke 2:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

11 Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

12 And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

13 And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 3:12

“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

1 Samuel 10:2

When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

1 Samuel 10:3

Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

1 Samuel 10:4

They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.

1 Samuel 10:5

After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

1 Samuel 10:6

Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.

1 Samuel 10:7

When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.

Psalms 22:6

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

Isaiah 53:1

Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

Isaiah 53:2

He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

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