42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, (A)“Blessed are you among women, and (B)blessed is (C)the fruit of your womb!

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42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women,(A) and blessed is the child you will bear!

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And (A)while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and (B)wrapped him in swaddling cloths and (C)laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in (D)the inn.[a]

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  1. Luke 2:7 Or guest room

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

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concerning his Son, (A)who was descended from David[a] (B)according to the flesh

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  1. Romans 1:3 Or who came from the offspring of David

regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life[a](A) was a descendant of David,(B)

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  1. Romans 1:3 Or who according to the flesh

To them belong (A)the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, (B)who is God over all, (C)blessed forever. Amen.

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Theirs are the patriarchs,(A) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(B) who is God over all,(C) forever praised![a](D) Amen.

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  1. Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!

14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise (A)partook of the same things, that (B)through death he might (C)destroy (D)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

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14 Since the children have flesh and blood,(A) he too shared in their humanity(B) so that by his death he might break the power(C) of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil(D)

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16 For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he (A)helps the offspring of Abraham. 17 Therefore he had (B)to be made like his brothers in every respect, (C)so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest (D)in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

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16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.(A) 17 For this reason he had to be made like them,[a](B) fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful(C) and faithful high priest(D) in service to God,(E) and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.(F)

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  1. Hebrews 2:17 Or like his brothers

15 For we do not have a high priest (A)who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been (B)tempted as we are, (C)yet without sin.

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15 For we do not have a high priest(A) who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are(B)—yet he did not sin.(C)

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