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Luke 2:1

Luke 2:1 (MSG)
About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David's town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant.

Ephesians 5:18-20

Ephesians 5:18-20 (MSG)
Don't drink too much wine. That cheapens your life. Drink the Spirit of God, huge draughts of him. Sing hymns instead of drinking songs! Sing songs from your heart to Christ. Sing praises over everything, any excuse for a song to God the Father in the name of our Master, Jesus Christ.

Job 2:3

Job 2:3 (MSG)
Then God said to Satan, "Have you noticed my friend Job? There's no one quite like him, is there-honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil? He still has a firm grip on his integrity! You tried to trick me into destroying him, but it didn't work."

Hebrews 6:15

Hebrews 6:15 (ASV)
And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Luke 1:80

Luke 1:80 (MSG)
The child grew up, healthy and spirited. He lived out in the desert until the day he made his prophetic debut in Israel.