Philip found Natan'el, and said to him, *We have found him, of whom Moshe in the Torah, and the prophets, wrote: Yeshua of Natzeret, the son of Yosef.*
The scepter will not depart from Yehudah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Shalom.
But you, Beit-Lechem Efratah, being small among the clans of Yehudah, out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Yisra'el; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of Armies, *Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of the LORD;
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Tziyon! Shout, daughter of Yerushalayim! Behold, your king comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Miriam, and brother of Ya`akov, Yosi, Yehudah, and Shim`on? Aren't his sisters here with us?* They were offended at him.
Yosef also went up from the Galil, out of the city of Natzeret, into Yehudah, to the city of David, which is called Beit-Lechem, because he was of the house and family of David;
When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, *Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.*
He said to them, *This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the Torah of Moshe, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.*
Yeshua therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, *Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?*
even Yeshua of Natzeret, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
*Men of Yisra'el, hear these words! Yeshua of Natzeret, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know,