and while they were there,
But what the LORD has planned will stand forever. His thoughts never change.
We may make a lot of plans, but the LORD will do what he has decided.
Bethlehem Ephrath, you are one of the smallest towns in the nation of Judah. But the LORD will choose one of your people to rule the nation-- someone whose family goes back to ancient times.
When Elizabeth's son was born,
Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem. She was soon going to have a baby,
she gave birth to her first-born son. She dressed him in baby clothes and laid him on a bed of hay, because there was no room for them in the inn.
