Luke 2

Luke 2:1

• In those days a
• Now in those days a
• Now in those days, a

• decree

• went
• was

• out from
• issued by the

• Caesar
• Emperor

• Augustus, that all the
• Augustus that all the

• world should be

• registered.
• enrolled.

Luke 2:2

• [Translation pending]

Luke 2:3

• and everyone went to
• And everyone went to
• So all went to
• And all went to

• be

• registered, each to
• enrolled, each to

• his
• their

• own

• town;
• town.
• city.
• city,
• town to be registered.
• towns to be registered.

Luke 2:4

• Joseph
• And Joseph

• also went up from

• Galilee from the
• Galilee, from the
• Galilee, out of the

• town of
• city of

• Nazareth, to
• Nazareth to
• Nazareth in Galilee, to
• Nazareth in Galilee to
• Nazareth, into

• Judea, to the

• city of
• town of

• David which
• David, which

• is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and

• family of
• family line of
• lineage of

• David;
• David.
• David,
• David—

Luke 2:5

• to be
• Joseph

• registered with

• Mary who
• Mary, who

• was

• engaged to
• promised in

• him, and
• him and

• was

• pregnant,
• pregnant.
• pregnant.)
• expecting a child.

Luke 2:6

• While they
• And while they
• and while they
• While Joseph and Mary

• were
• were in

• there, the
• Bethlehem, the

• time
• days were completed for

• came for her to give birth.
• came for her to give birth;
• came for her baby to be born.
• came for her to have her child,
• her to give birth,
• her to give birth.
• came for her to have the baby.
• came for her to deliver her child.

Luke 2:7

• And she
• and she
• she
• She

• gave birth to her

• first-born
• firstborn
• first child, a
• first
• firstborn, a

• son.
• son; and
• Son, and

• she
• She

• wrapped
• wrapped the

• Him in
• him in
• Him
• him

• swaddling cloths, and
• swaddling cloths and
• cloths and
• cloths, and
• swaddling clothes and
• strips of cloth and
• bands of cloth, and

• laid

• Him in a
• him in a

• manger, because there
• manger because there

• was no

• room for
• place for

• them in the inn.

Luke 2:8

• Now there were

• shepherds in that
• shepherds in the
• shepherds

• region,
• region
• same country

• living out in the
• living in the
• staying in the

• fields
• fields.
• fields,
• fields and
• field, and
• field,

• keeping

• watch over
• watch by night over
• guard over

• their flock by

• night.
• night,

Luke 2:9

• An angel of the
• And an angel of the
• Then an angel of the
• And behold, an angel of the
• The angel of the

• Lord
• Lord suddenly

• appeared to
• stood before
• stood by
• stood in
• came to
• stood over

• them, and the
• them and the
• them. And the
• them. The

• glory of the Lord

• shone around
• was shining around

• them; and
• them, and
• them: and
• them.
• them. The

• they
• They
• shepherds

• were

• terrified.
• terrified,
• terrified!
• terribly frightened.
• very much afraid.
• terribly afraid,
• terribly afraid.

Luke 2:10

• The angel
• And the angel

• said to

• them, “
• them, ‘

• Fear not, for behold, I

• bring
• proclaim to
• am bringing

• you good

• news of
• news of a
• news for
• tidings of

• great
• you,
• you—

• joy which
• joy that
• joy, that

• will
• shall

• be for all the
• be to all the
• come to all the

• people.
• people—
• people,
• people;
• people:

Luke 2:11

• Today in the
• Today, in the
• for today in the
• For today in the

• city of
• town of

• David, a
• David a

• Savior
• savior

• has been

• born to
• born for

• you.
• you!
• you;

• He
• he

• is
• is the

• Christ the
• Christ, the
• Messiah, the
• Messiah the

• Lord!
• Lord.

Luke 2:12

• This will

• be a
• be the

• sign for
• sign to

• you.
• you:

• you
• You

• will
• shall

• find a
• find the
• find an

• baby
• babe
• Babe
• infant

• wrapped in strips of cloth and
• wrapped in cloths and
• wrapped in swaddling clothes, and
• wrapped in swaddling clothes and
• wrapped in pieces of cloth and
• wrapped in swaddling cloths and

• lying in a

• manger.
• manger.’
• manger.”
• feeding trough.”
• feeding trough.
• feeding box.”

Luke 2:13

• And suddenly there

• was with the
• was, with the
• appeared with the

• angel, a
• angel a

• multitude of the heavenly

• host,
• Host,
• host
• army,
• army

• praising

• God and
• God, and
• God,
• God. They

• saying,
• saying:
• said,
• said:

Luke 2:14

• “glory to
• Glory to
• “Glory to
• “Praise

• God in the
• God in
• God in the highest

• highest, And on
• highest and on
• highest, and on
• heaven, and on

• earth

• peace among those whom
• peace to those on whom

• he
• his

• is pleased.”
• is pleased!”
• favors.
• favors!
• favors.”
• favors!”
• favor rests.”

Luke 2:15

• When the angels went away from them into

• heaven. The
• heaven, the

• shepherds

• said to one another: “
• said to one another, ‘
• said to one another, “

• Let

• ’s
• us

• go to
• go over to

• Bethlehem and
• Bethlehem!
• Bethlehem.

• see this
• Let’s see this

• thing that has

• happened which the
• happened, which the
• taken place, which the

• Lord has made known to

• us.’
• us.”
• us!”

Luke 2:16

• So they
• They
• And they

• went
• came with

• haste and
• haste, and
• quickly and
• quickly, and

• found
• found both

• Mary and

• Joseph; and the
• Joseph, and the
• Joseph and the
• Joseph. And there
• Joseph, and the baby who
• Joseph and the baby, who
• Joseph, and
• Joseph and

• baby
• was
• was the baby,
• infant
• babe
• Babe
• child
• saw the baby

• lying in the
• lying in a

• manger.
• manger;
• feeding trough.

Luke 2:17

• When they
• and, when they
• And when they
• When the shepherds

• saw
• saw the
• had seen

• him,
• child,
• child

• they repeated what they had been

• told
• told about this
• told about

• them about this child;
• them about this child.
• them about this child,
• them about this Child.
• child,
• child;
• child.
• him,
• him.

Luke 2:18

• And all who heard
• All who heard

• it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.

Luke 2:19

• [Translation pending]

Luke 2:20

• The shepherds
• and the shepherds
• And the shepherds
• Then the shepherds
• As the shepherds

• returned
• returned.
• returned,
• returned to
• went
• went back,
• went back

• glorifying and
• back glorifying and
• back, glorifying and

• praising

• God for all
• God for all that
• God for all the things
• God for all the things that

• they had heard and

• seen,
• seen, as

• it
• just as it
• just as they

• had been

• told
• told to

• them.

Luke 2:21

• When the baby was eight days old, he was

• circumcised,
• circumcised, and

• he was

• named
• called

• Jesus. This name was given by the angel before the baby began to grow inside Mary.

Luke 2:22

• When the time came for

• their
• them to be

• purification according to the

• law of
• Law of

• Moses,
• Moses.
• Moses were fulfilled,
• Moses were completed,

• they
• Joseph and Mary

• brought
• took
• took the

• him up to
• Him up to
• Jesus to
• Him to
• him to
• Jesus up to
• Jesus to the temple in

• Jerusalem to
• Jerusalem, to

• present

• him to the
• Him to the

• Lord.
• Lord,
• Lord—
• Lord

Luke 2:23

• (as it is
• It is
• (just as it is

• written in the Law of the
• written in the law of the

• Lord: “Every
• Lord, “Every
• Lord: Every
• Lord: ‘Every

• first-born
• firstborn

• male

• shall
• will
• must

• be

• called holy to the
• dedicated to the
• consecrated to the

• Lord.” ,
• Lord,”
• Lord,’
• Lord.’
• Lord.”
• Lord—
• Lord.”)
• Lord”),
• Lord”)
• Lord)
• Lord”.)

Luke 2:24

• [Translation pending]

Luke 2:25

• Now there was a
• And behold, there was a
• At that time there was a
• There was a

• man in

• Jerusalem whose
• Jerusalem, whose

• name was

• Simeon, and this
• Simeon; and this
• Simeon; this
• Simeon. This
• Simeon.

• man
• He

• was righteous and devout,

• looking for the
• waiting for the
• looking forward to the
• waiting for

• consolation of
• Consolation of
• restoration of

• Israel and the
• Israel: and the
• Israel, and the
• Israel; and the
• Israel. The

• holy
• Holy

• spirit
• Spirit

• was upon
• was on
• was with
• rested on

• him,
• him.
• him

Luke 2:26

• [Translation pending]

Luke 2:27

• Led by the
• Moved by the
• Guided by the

• Spirit
• Spirit,
• spirit,

• he
• Simeon

• came into the
• went into the

• temple; and when the
• temple. And when the
• Temple; and when the
• temple: and when the
• temple, and when the
• Temple. When the
• temple. When the

• parents

• brought in the
• brought the

• Child
• child
• baby

• Jesus, to
• Jesus to

• do for

• Him
• him
• Him what
• him what

• was
• according to the

• custom of the
• customary under the

• Law.
• Law,
• law,

Luke 2:28

• Simeon
• he
• then he
• Then Simeon

• took
• took the
• received

• him in
• Him into
• him into
• Jesus in
• child in
• baby in
• Him up in
• him up in

• his

• arms, and
• arms and

• blessed
• praised
• thanked

• God, and said,
• God and said:
• God, and said:
• God and said,
• God,
• God.
• God:
• God, saying:
• God, saying,
• God, and he said,
• God; and he said:
• God. He said,

Luke 2:29

• Now,
• “Now
• “Now,

• Lord,
• Master,

• you
• You

• are
• can

• let
• letting
• dismissing

• your
• Your

• servant in
• slave in

• peace as
• peace, as
• peace, according to

• you
• You
• your

• word,
• word.
• word;
• said.
• promised;
• promised.

Luke 2:30

• For my eyes
• for my eyes
• My eyes
• for mine eyes
• For mine eyes
• With my own eyes I
• because my eyes

• have seen

• your
• Your

• salvation
• salvation,
• salvation.

Luke 2:31

• Which You
• Which you
• which you
• You
• that you

• have prepared in the
• have prepared for all
• have prepared before the
• have prepared it in the

• presence of all peoples—
• presence of all peoples.
• presence of all peoples,
• presence of all peoples:
• sight of all nations:
• sight of all nations.
• sight of all nations—
• face of all peoples;
• face of all peoples,
• people.
• sight of all people.
• sight of all people,

Luke 2:32

• a light, for
• A light for
• a light for
• A light to
• A Light of
• a light of

• revelation to the

• Gentiles and for
• Gentiles, and for
• Gentiles and
• Gentiles, and
• Gentiles, and the
• Gentiles, And the
• nations, And
• nations, and
• nations and
• nations, and the

• glory of
• glory to
• glory for
• bring glory to

• your
• Your

• people
• people, the
• people the

• Israel.”
• Israel!”
• Israel.’
• Israel.

Luke 2:33

• His
• And his
• And His
• The child’s
• Jesus’

• father and

• mother
• his mother

• were

• amazed at what
• amazed at the
• wondering at the

• things which
• things that

• were
• were being

• said about

• Him.
• him,
• him.
• him;
• Jesus.

Luke 2:34

• Then Simeon
• Simeon
• and Simeon
• And Simeon

• blessed

• them and
• them, and

• said to

• Mary,
• Mary

• his
• His

• mother, “
• mother,
• mother

• Behold, this

• Child
• child

• is

• appointed for the
• destined for the
• set for the

• fall and
• falling and the

• rising of
• rise of

• many in Israel, and for a

• sign that
• sign which

• will be
• is
• will

• spoken against.
• spoken against—
• spoken against,
• spoken against
• opposed
• opposed—

Luke 2:35

• and a sword
• And a sword
• (yes, a sword
• (and a sword

• will

• pierce
• pierce through

• your own soul also), that

• thoughts of
• thoughts out of

• many hearts

• will
• may

• be

• revealed!”
• revealed.’
• revealed.”
• revealed.
• disclosed.”
• laid bare.’

Luke 2:36

• There was also a

• prophetess,
• prophet,

• Anna, the
• Anna the

• daughter of

• Phanuel, of the
• Phanu-el, of the
• Phanuel of the
• Phanuel from the
• Phanuel in the

• tribe of

• Asher.
• Asher;
• Asher (

• she
• She

• was
• was of a

• very
• advanced in
• great

• years,
• age,
• old,

• having lived with her

• husband seven
• husband for seven

• years from
• years after

• her

• marriage,
• virginity;
• virginity,

Luke 2:37

• and then as a

• widow to the
• widow for 84

• years.
• age of eighty-four.

• She
• Anna

• never
• did
• did not

• left the
• leave the
• not depart from the

• temple,
• Temple,
• temple but
• temple, but

• serving
• worshiped

• night and
• God night and

• day with

• fasting and
• fastings and

• prayer.
• praying.
• prayers.

Luke 2:38

• And coming up at that
• Coming up at that

• very

• hour,
• hour
• moment,
• moment.

• she
• She

• gave
• began to give

• thanks to
• thanks to the

• God and
• God, and
• God. And
• God, and to
• God and to
• Lord, and

• speak about the
• spoke about the
• spoke about
• speak about
• talked about
• spoke of
• continued to speak of
• talked about the

• child to all who
• him to all who
• Him to all who
• Him to all those who
• him to all those who
• Jesus to all who

• were

• looking for the
• looking for
• waiting for the

• redemption of
• redemption in
• deliverance of

• Jerusalem.

Luke 2:39

• Joseph and Mary

• had
• finished

• done
• doing

• everything the
• everything that the

• law of the Lord commanded. Then they went home to Nazareth, their own

• town of
• city,
• town,
• town in

• Nazareth.
• Galilee.

Luke 2:40

• The Child
• The child
• And the Child
• And the child

• grew and
• was growing and
• was growing, and
• grew up and

• became

• strong, filled with
• strong and

• wisdom and the
• wisdom; and the
• wisdom. And the
• wisdom, and the

• grace of
• favor of

• God

• was upon
• was on
• blessed

• Him.
• him.

Luke 2:41

• Every year
• Each year

• his
• His
• Jesus

• parents
• ’ parents

• went to Jerusalem for the PassoverFestival.

Luke 2:42

• When he
• When He
• When Jesus
• and when he
• And when He
• And when he

• was twelve
• was 12

• years old, they went

• up according to
• up according to the
• up to Jerusalem according to the
• up as

• custom of the feast,
• custom of the feast.
• custom of the feast
• custom;
• custom.
• usual for the festival.

Luke 2:43

• and had
• and when they had

• fulfilled the days, as

• they were
• they

• returning the
• returning, the
• were returning, the
• returning home, the

• boy Jesus

• stayed behind in
• remained behind in

• Jerusalem, and
• Jerusalem. And

• Joseph and

• his
• His

• mother did

• not
• n’t

• know it;
• know it,
• know it.
• know;
• know,

Luke 2:44

• They thought
• they thought
• but supposing
• Thinking that
• They assumed
• Thinking

• he
• him to

• be in the
• was in the
• was with the

• company
• company,
• group,
• group
• group.
• group of travelers,
• group, so
• group. So
• caravan,

• they went a day’s

• journey; and
• journey, and

• they

• began looking for
• looked for
• sought

• him among
• Him among

• their

• relatives and
• family and
• relations and
• kinsfolk and

• friends,
• friends.
• acquaintances;
• acquaintances,
• acquaintances.

Luke 2:45

• [Translation pending]

Luke 2:46

• After three days,
• After three days
• Then, after three days
• Then after three days
• On the third day

• they found

• him in the
• Him in the

• temple,
• Temple,
• temple
• Temple Courts,
• temple courts,
• temple. He
• temple courtyard.

• sitting among the
• sitting in the midst of the
• was sitting among the

• teachers.
• teachers,
• religious teachers,
• teachers, both

• listening to

• them and
• them, and

• asking them

• questions,
• questions.
• questions;

Luke 2:47

• And all who heard
• and all who heard
• Everyone who heard
• All who heard
• And all those who heard
• and all those who heard

• Him
• him

• were
• was

• amazed at
• astonished at
• astounded at

• his
• His

• understanding and
• intelligence and

• his answers.
• His answers.
• answers.
• wise answers.

Luke 2:48

• When His parents
• When his parents
• When they
• And when they

• saw

• him,
• Him,
• him

• they were

• astonished; and
• astonished. And
• astonished, and
• amazed.
• astounded, and
• astounded and
• astonished.
• shocked.

• his
• His

• mother said to

• Him, “
• him, “
• him, ‘
• him: “

• Son, why
• Child, why
• My son, why
• My Son, why
• My child, why

• have
• did

• you
• You

• treated
• done this to

• us?
• us this way?
• us like this?

• Look,
• Behold,

• your
• Your

• father and I have been

• looking for
• searching for

• you in
• you

• anxiously!”
• anxiously.”
• great anxiety.”
• great anxiety.’
• great distress.”

Luke 2:49

• He
• Jesus

• replied, ‘Why
• replied, “Why

• were you

• looking for
• look for

• Me?
• me?

• Did you not

• know that
• know

• I

• must
• had to
• would

• be in
• be where

• my
• My

• father
• Father

• ’s

• house?’
• house?”
• work is!”
• work is.”

Luke 2:50

• But they
• They
• and they
• And they

• did

• not
• n’t

• understand what
• understand the saying that
• understand the statement which
• understand the saying which
• understand the meaning of what

• He
• he

• meant.
• spoke to them.
• said to them.
• was saying to them.

Luke 2:51

• Then he
• Then He
• He
• And he
• And He
• Jesus

• went

• down with
• back with

• them and
• them, and
• them to

• came to

• Nazareth and
• Nazareth, and

• was

• obedient to
• subject to

• them.
• them, but
• them. But
• them; and
• them, and
• them. And

• his
• His

• mother

• kept all these
• treasured all these
• treasured up all these

• things in her heart.

Luke 2:52

• And Jesus
• Jesus

• increased in
• grew in
• advanced in

• wisdom and
• wisdom and in

• stature and in
• stature, and in

• favor with

• God and
• God and with

• people.
• people.’
• men.
• man.