I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed putting it together. :-)
Luke 1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou has found favor with God. (I love the colors in the picture!)
Luke 1:31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in they womb,
and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. (painting circa 1310)
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 about being stuck in a stable, at least just a little.)
Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her first-born son, and
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger. (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. (Look at those sweet little
angels!)
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. (12th century)
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. (Adoration of the Magi, 1304-06, Capella Scrovegni, Padua)
