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Luke 2:7

And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

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Luke 2:7 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Galatians 4:4 (17 votes) and 2 Corinthians 8:9 (16 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 42 to 1 Timothy 2.

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Which verses does Luke 2:7 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Galatians 4:417 votes

    But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

  2. 2 Corinthians 8:916 votes

    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

  3. Isaiah 53:2–312 votes

    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. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

  4. John 1:1412 votes

    The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

  5. Matthew 1:2510 votes

    But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.

  6. Luke 2:11–1210 votes

    Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord! And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

  7. Matthew 8:209 votes

    Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

  8. Isaiah 7:148 votes

    Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

  9. Psalm 22:63 votes

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

  10. Matthew 13:552 votes

    “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

  11. Exodus 4:241 vote
  12. Luke 10:341 vote
  13. Genesis 42:27-1 votes
  14. Genesis 43:21-3 votes

Which verses point to Luke 2:7?

The 10 strongest of 18.