Luke 2:12 - Easy To Read Version

¹² This is how you will know him: You will find a baby wrapped in pieces of cloth and lying in a feeding box.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And this will be a sign for you [by which you will recognize Him]: you will find [after searching] a Baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. [I Sam. 2:34; II Kings 19:29; Isa. 7:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.

Common English Bible

¹² This is a sign for you: you will find a newborn baby wrapped snugly and lying in a manger.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And this will be a sign for you: you will find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger.

Luke 2:12 Cross References

2 Kings 19:29

“This will be the sign to prove I will help you: This year you will eat {the grain} that grows by itself. Next year you will eat the grain that comes up from that seed. But in the third year you will gather the grain from the seeds that you planted. You will plant fields of grapes and eat the grapes from them.

2 Kings 20:8

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day?”

Psalm 22:6

So, am I a worm and not a man?\par The people are ashamed of me.\par The people despise me.\par

Exodus 3:12

God said, “You can do it because I will be with you! This will be the proof that I am sending you: After you lead the people out of Egypt, you will come and worship me on this mountain!”

Isaiah 7:11

The Lord said, “Ask for a sign to prove to yourself that these things are true. You can ask for any sign you want. The sign can come from a place as deep as Sheol, {\cf2\super [83]} or the sign can come from a place as high as the skies. {\cf2\super [84]} ”

Isaiah 7:14

But \{God,\} my Master, will show you a sign:

Luke 2:13

Then a very large group of angels from heaven joined the first angel. All the angels were praising God, saying:

Luke 2:7

She gave birth to her first son (Jesus). There was not enough room for them in the house. So Mary wrapped the baby with pieces of cloth and laid the baby in a box where cattle are fed.

1 Samuel 2:34

I will give you a sign {to show these things will come true}. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will die on the same day.