Matthew 1:22 - Plain English Version

²² That all happened just like God told one of his men to write in God’s book, a long time ago. He wrote,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² All this took place that it might be fulfilled which the Lord had spoken through the prophet,

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

Common English Bible

²² Now all of this took place so that what the Lord had spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled:

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Now all this occurred in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:

Matthew 1:22 Cross References

Matthew 12:17

A long time ago, God got his man called Isaiah to write about this, and it is in God’s book. It happened just like Isaiah said. This is what he wrote,

Matthew 2:15

They lived in Egypt until Herod died, and then they came out of Egypt and went back to Israel country. So it happened just like God told one of his men to write in God’s book, a long time ago. He wrote, “God called his son to come out of Egypt.”

Matthew 2:23

So he took his family up north to Galilee. He got to the town called Nazareth, and he stayed there. A long time before that, one of God’s men wrote about this, and it is in God’s book. He wrote, “People will say that God’s special man is from Nazareth.” And that happened after Joseph took his family to live at Nazareth.

Matthew 5:17

Jesus kept on teaching them. He said, “You know the law that Moses wrote. Well, I didn’t come here to take away that law. And you know all the messages that God gave to his men, the messages that they wrote in his book for us. I didn’t come here to take away those messages either. But I came here to show that the law and those messages are right, and to make those things happen, just like those men wrote.

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “Remember the words that I told you while I was still with you. I told you that everything that God says about me in his book had to happen. You can read about those things in the words that Moses wrote, and in the words that God’s other men wrote, and in the songs that are in God’s book.”

John 10:35

You see, God gave some people his message, and then he called them gods. And remember, nobody can change anything that God says in his book.

John 15:25

A long time ago, God told one of his men to write about this, and they have it in God’s book. He wrote, ‘I didn’t do anything bad to them, but they hated me anyway.’ And that mob are doing that to me now.

John 17:12

While I was here on earth, I took care of them. I used the power you gave me to look after them, and I didn’t lose any of them. The only one I lost was the one that has to die, just like your man wrote in your book, a long time ago.

John 18:9

So the soldiers didn’t grab any of Jesus’s followers. You know, before that time, Jesus said to God, “I didn’t lose any of the people that you gave me.” And it happened just like Jesus said.

Acts 3:18

But a long time ago, God told his men to tell people about Jesus, and those men wrote those messages in God’s book. They all said that God was going to send his special man, the man that is called the Christ, and they said that people were going to hurt him and kill him. And now God has made all that happen.

Romans 1:2

A long time ago, God promised to do that. He got some of his men to tell people about it, and they wrote about it in God’s book.