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Today’s Reading: Luke 2
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Only Matthew and Luke tell the events of Jesus birth. Luke records for us His birth in a manger, His announcement to the shepherds in a nearby field and their visit and then jumps to age 12 and His visit to Jerusalem and teaching to the priests in the temple.

v1-5 Taxes

v6-7 Born in a manger

v8-20 The Shepherds

v21-38 Jesus Circumcision and Presentation

v39 Return to Nazareth

v40 Precocious Jesus

v41-50 Jesus teaches in the Temple

v51-52 Summary of young Jesus

Review/Study Time
Below are some questions to provoke thought about your reading. Use the comments area to add your own thoughts or questions about today’s text.

1. Why do you suppose Simeon and Anna are rarely mentioned in connection to the events of Jesus infancy?
2. Why wouldn’t Mary and Joseph understood what Jesus meant about “His father’s business”?

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