Matthew 1:21 - Revised Standard Version

²¹ she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God].

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.

Common English Bible

²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you will call him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And she shall give birth to a son. And you shall call his name JESUS. For he shall accomplish the salvation of his people from their sins."

Matthew 1:21 Cross References

Acts 13:23

Of this man's posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.

Acts 4:12

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

1 John 3:5

You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

Luke 2:21

And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Acts 5:31

God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Luke 1:31

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

Luke 2:11

for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

1 John 1:7

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on an ass, on a colt the foal of an ass.

Acts 3:26

God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

Revelation 7:14

I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Hebrews 7:25

Consequently he is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks of years are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.

Jeremiah 23:6

In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

Genesis 18:10

The Lord said, “I will surely return to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

Luke 1:13

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Jeremiah 33:16

In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

Genesis 17:19

God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasing covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 17:21

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year.”

Judges 13:3

And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have no children; but you shall conceive and bear a son.

1 Samuel 1:20

and in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked him of the Lord.”

Matthew 1:25

but knew her not until she had borne a son; and he called his name Jesus.

John 4:42

They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”