BibleGateway: Luke 2:21-40 ESV Text: Luke 2:21-40 KJV Text: The section starts at about 2:18 and ends at about 4:55      21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name… Lord, now let us depart in peace, for we have seen our Savior through the eyes of faith.

BibleGateway: Luke 2:1-20 ESV Text: Luke 2:1-20 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 2:27      1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree… The time has come and our salvation is revealed!

BibleGateway: Jeremiah 31:31-40 ESV Text: Jeremiah 31:31-40 KJV Text: The section starts at about 5:6 and ends at about 7:17 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant… The new covenant is founded on Christ. It is not a covenant of law, but rather of forgiveness.

BibleGateway: Jeremiah 31:21-30 ESV Text: Jeremiah 31:21-30 KJV Text: The section starts at about 3:34 and ends at about 5:13 21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway,… The theme of restoration again returns to the prophet’s lips. We realize that spiritual restoration as well as physical was on the Lord’s mind (v. 22).

BibleGateway: Jeremiah 31:15-20 ESV Text: Jeremiah 31:15-20 KJV Text: The section starts at about 2:28 and ends at about 3:41 15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping;… Jeremiah foretells the violent reaction to Christ’s birth (cf. Mt 2:16-18). The Good News was not (and still is not) received by the proud and self-seeking like Herod.

BibleGateway: Jeremiah 31:10-14 ESV Text: Jeremiah 31:10-14 KJV Text: The section starts at about 1:31 and ends at about 2:35      10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the… Proclaim the salvation of the Lord! Or maybe we should we say, “Go tell it on the mountain!”

BibleGateway: Jeremiah 31:7-9 ESV Text: Jeremiah 31:7-9 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:52 and ends at about 1:38 7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the… Surely it is God who saves us!

BibleGateway: Jeremiah 31:1-6 ESV Text: Jeremiah 31:1-6 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 1:1      1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all… The LORD promised restoration to His people in exile. When we think on Jesus’ birth, we remember how we who were once exiled in sin are restored in Him.

BibleGateway: Isaiah 7:15-25 ESV Text: Isaiah 7:15-25 KJV Text: The section starts at about 2:0 and ends at about 3:55 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil,… Isaiah promised that the enemies of Ahaz would be laid waste in the less time than it takes a young boy to grow up. Jesus, God with us, defeated our greatest enemies.

BibleGateway: Isaiah 7:1-14 ESV Text: Isaiah 7:1-14 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 2:9      1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham,… A sign of God’s love and faithfulness toward us for all time: The Virgin bears the Infant.