They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
- BSB So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.
- NKJV And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.
- NASB And they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.
- NLT They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger.
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Cross-references · 6
- Luke 2:12This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.”
- Luke 19:32Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.
- Luke 2:7She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 22:13They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
- Luke 1:39Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,
- Eccl 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
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