Luke 1:30: "And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou has found favor with God." (I love the colors in this picture!)
Luke 1:31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in they womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. (Note how the artist painted Mary and the Angel inside the letter R.)
Luke 1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation
of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb.
Luke 2:4-5 And Joseph also went
up from Galilee…unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem…To be taxed
with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Luke 2:6-7 And so it was that,
while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered…[but]
there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger. (I can’t help but like this one
for the expression on Mary’s face. Hard to believe she might not have felt this
way, at least just a little.)
(Here’s another version of yesterday’s verse. Joseph doesn’t look too
comfortable scrunched into the letter O.)
Luke 2:8-9 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the
field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them. (I love the
sheep in this one!)
Luke 2:10-11 And the angel said unto [the shepherds], Fear not: for,
behold, I bring you good tidings or great joy, which shallbe to all people. For
unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the
Lord.
Luke 2:13-14 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke
2:16 And [the shepherds] came with haste and found Mary, and Joseph, and the
babe lying in a manger.
Matthew
2:1-2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the
king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is
he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and
are come to worship him.
Matthew
2:9 & 11 …and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them,
till it came and stood over where the young child was. (I
have to admit, this little drawing in the margin of a book is one of my
favorites!)
Matthew
2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary
his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their
treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Matthew 2:12 And
being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they
departed into their own country another way.
Luke
2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
