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This is a 20 page booklet I print out every year to send to relatives and friends in lieu of the traditional Christmas Greeting Card.

It contains all of the "Christmas Story" Scriptures from the 84 NIV Bible, in chronological order.

Reading them in chronological order will open your eyes to certain aspects of the events which you probably have never noticed before.

Every Christian needs to read through these scripture passages every day during December. That is what I do - and I am blessed each day.

For a quantity of booklets, please contact me before placing an order.

The booklet is quality printed on 20# Ivory paper on my HP Laser Printer, in booklet form, with 17 pt. font for comfortable reading in dim light for all ages.

ALSO: You don't have to purchase to be blessed by this booklet!
FOLLOWING IS A PRINTOUT of the entire booklet,
for you to read (Please feel free to block copy and print it to pass out) if you so desire!

           The "Christmas Story" Scriptures
           in Chronological Order
                   from the ‘84 NIV Bible

First, some Old Testament Prophecies Concerning the Birth of Jesus

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo,
I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.        Zechariah 2:10

2 The people walking in darkness have seen
a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. .
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.       Isaiah 9:2,6

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will
give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel [which means, "God with us."]
                            Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23

"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.'"                                                                                                        Micah 5:2

Next, all of the New Testament Scriptures, in Chronological Order.

Matt 1:1 A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham ...

. . . 6 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

. . . 17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

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Hebrews 10:5 When Christ came into the world, he said:

Heb. 10:5 . . . a body you prepared for me;

Heb. 10:7 . . . here I am . . . I have come to do your will, O God . . .

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Luke 1:26 In the sixth month [of the pregnancy of Mary's cousin, Elizabeth], God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,

Luke 1:27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

Luke 1:28 The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."

Luke 1:29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.

Luke 1:30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.

Luke 1:31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.

Luke 1:32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

Luke 1:33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."

Luke 1:34 "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"

Luke 1:35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month.

Luke 1:37 For nothing is impossible with God."

Luke 1:38 "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said."     Then the angel left her.

Luke 1:39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea,

Luke 1:40 where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth.

Luke 1:41 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:42 In a loud voice she exclaimed:
"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the   child you will bear!"

Luke 1:43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Luke 1:44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

Luke 1:45 Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!"

       Mary's Song:

Luke 1:46 And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord

Luke 1:47   and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

Luke 1:48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,

Luke 1:49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me – holy is his name.

Luke 1:50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.

Luke 1:51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.

Luke 1:52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.

Luke 1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.

Luke 1:54, 55 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever, even as he said to our fathers."

Luke 1:56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.

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    Editor's Note: The birth of John the Baptist [following] is part of "the Christmas Story" because: (1) John would "... go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him ... (Luke 1:76); and (2) Zechariah gave an important prophecy about Jesus beginning at Luke 1:67, below.

      The Birth of John the Baptist

Luke 1:57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.

Luke 1:58   Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

Luke 1:59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,
Luke 1:60 but his mother spoke up and said, "No! He is to be called John."

Luke 1:61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who has that name."

Luke 1:62 Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.

Luke 1:63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone's astonishment he wrote, "His name is John."

Luke 1:64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak, praising God.

Luke 1:65 The neighbors were all filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things.

Luke 1:66 Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, "What then is this child going to be?" For the Lord's hand was with him.
       Zechariah's Song
          [includes a prophecy concerning Jesus]

Luke 1:67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

Luke 1:68 "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people.

Luke 1:69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

Luke 1:70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),

Luke 1:71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us –

Luke 1:72 to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,

Luke 1:73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:

Luke 1:74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear

Luke 1:75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Luke 1:76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,

Luke 1:77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,

Luke 1:78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven

Luke 1:79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace."

Luke 1:80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the desert until he appeared publicly to Israel.

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Matt 1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

Matt 1:19 Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

Matt 1:20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matt 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

Matt 1:22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

Matt 1:23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" – which means, "God with us."

Matt 1:24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.

Matt 1:25 But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

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Luke 2:1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.

Luke 2:2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

Luke 2:3 And everyone went to his own town to register.

Luke 2:4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

Luke 2:5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

Luke 2:6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born,

Luke 2:7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

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Luke 2:8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

Luke 2:9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

Luke 2:11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

Luke 2:12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Luke 2:13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

Luke 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

Luke 2:15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

Luke 2:16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

Luke 2:17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,

Luke 2:18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

Luke 2:19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Luke 2:20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

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Luke 2:21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived.

Luke 2:22 When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

Luke 2:23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord"),

Luke 2:24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: "a pair of doves or two young pigeons."

Luke 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Luke 2:26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

Luke 2:27 Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required,

Luke 2:28 Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:

Luke 2:29 "Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace.

Luke 2:30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,

Luke 2:31 which you have prepared in the sight of all people,

Luke 2:32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel."

Luke 2:33 The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

Luke 2:34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

Luke 2:35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."

Luke 2:36 There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

Luke 2:37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

Luke 2:38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Luke 2:39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.

Luke 2:40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

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Matt 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem

Matt 2:2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

Matt 2:3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matt 2:4 When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Matt 2:5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:

Matt 2:6 `But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.' "

Matt 2:7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

Matt 2:8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."

Matt 2:9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

Matt 2:10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

Matt 2:11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.

Matt 2:12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

Matt 2:13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."

Matt 2:14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,

Matt 2:15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son."

Matt 2:16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

Matt 2:17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

Matt 2:18 "A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."

Matt 2:19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

Matt 2:20 and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."

Matt 2:21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

Matt 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

Matt 2:23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

Last: The Summary of it All !

The Word Became Flesh

    John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
    2 He was with God in the beginning.
    3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
    4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men.   5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
    6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.   8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
    9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
    12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God –
    13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
    14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.       John 1:1-14