Matthew 1:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then after her baby is born, name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:19

But God answered: No! You and Sarah will have a son. His name will be Isaac, and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.

Genesis 17:21

But your son Isaac will be born about this time next year, and the promise I am making to you and your family will be for him and his descendants for ever.

Genesis 18:10

One of the guests was the LORD, and he said, “I'll come back about this time next year, and when I do, Sarah will already have a son.” Sarah was behind Abraham, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Jeremiah 23:6

As long as he is king, Israel will have peace, and Judah will be safe. The name of this king will be “The LORD Gives Justice”.

Jeremiah 33:16

In those days, Judah will be safe; Jerusalem will have peace and will be named, “The LORD Gives Justice”.

Daniel 9:24

God has decided that for seventy weeks, your people and your holy city must suffer as the price of their sins. Then evil will disappear, and justice will rule for ever; the visions and words of the prophets will come true, and a most holy place will be dedicated.

Zechariah 9:9

Everyone in Jerusalem, celebrate and shout! Your king has won a victory, and he is coming to you. He is humble and rides on a donkey; he comes on the colt of a donkey.

Matthew 1:25

But they did not sleep together before her baby was born. Then Joseph named him Jesus.

Luke 1:13

But the angel told him: Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayers. Your wife Elizabeth will have a son, and you must name him John.

Luke 1:31

and you will have a son. His name will be Jesus.

Luke 2:11

This very day in King David's home town a Saviour was born for you. He is Christ the Lord.

Luke 2:21

Eight days later Jesus' parents did for him what the Law of Moses commands. And they named him Jesus, just as the angel had told Mary when he promised she would have a baby.

John 1:29

The next day, John saw Jesus coming towards him and said: Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 4:42

They told the woman, “We no longer have faith in Jesus just because of what you told us. We have heard him ourselves, and we are certain that he is the Saviour of the world!”

Acts 13:23

God promised that someone from David's family would come to save the people of Israel, and that one is Jesus.

Acts 3:26

God sent his chosen Son to you first, because God wanted to bless you and make each one of you turn away from your sins.

Acts 4:12

Only Jesus has the power to save! His name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone.

Acts 5:31

and made him our Leader and Saviour. Then God gave him a place at his right side, so that the people of Israel would turn back to him and be forgiven.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself to rescue us from everything that is evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.

Hebrews 7:25

He is for ever able to save the people he leads to God, because he always lives to speak to God for them.

1 John 1:7

But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ came to take away sins. He isn't sinful,

Revelation 7:14

“Sir,” I answered, “you must know.” Then he told me: “These are the ones who have gone through the great suffering. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and have made them white.

Judges 13:3

but one day an angel from the LORD appeared to her and said: You have never been able to have any children, but very soon you will be pregnant and have a son. He will belong to God from the day he is born, so his hair must never be cut. And even before he is born, you must not drink any wine or beer or eat any food forbidden by God's laws. Your son will begin to set Israel free from the Philistines.

1 Samuel 1:20

with a son. She named him Samuel because she had asked the LORD for him.