Luke 2:39
New King James Version
The Family Returns to Nazareth
39 So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.
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Luke 2:4
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4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to (A)the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (B)because he was of the house and lineage of David,
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Galatians 4:4-5
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4 But (A)when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, (B)born[a] (C)of a woman, (D)born under the law, 5 (E)to redeem those who were under the law, (F)that we might receive the adoption as sons.
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- Galatians 4:4 Or made
Matthew 3:15
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15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.
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Deuteronomy 12:32
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32 “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; (A)you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
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Luke 2:51
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Jesus Advances in Wisdom and Favor
51 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was [a]subject to them, but His mother (A)kept all these things in her heart.
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- Luke 2:51 obedient
Luke 2:21-24
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Circumcision of Jesus
21 (A)And when eight days were completed [a]for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called (B)Jesus, the name given by the angel (C)before He was conceived in the womb.
Jesus Presented in the Temple
22 Now when (D)the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23 (E)(as it is written in the law of the Lord, (F)“Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”), 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, (G)“A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
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- Luke 2:21 NU for His circumcision
Matthew 2:22-23
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22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a (A)dream, he turned aside (B)into the region of Galilee. 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called (C)Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled (D)which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”
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Luke 1:6
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6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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