Matthew 1:21 “She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus,…”

Matthew 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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

World English Bible

She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

American Standard Version

And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.

Geneva Bible 1599

And she shall bring foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for hee shall saue his people from their sinnes.

Darby Translation

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.

Young's Literal Translation

and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

Bible in Basic English

And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

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Cross references

“she”

Luke 1:13 Genesis 18:10 Genesis 17:19 Genesis 17:21 Judges 13:3 2 Kings 4:16

Luke 1:13 · BSB

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

Genesis 18:10 · BSB

Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Genesis 17:19 · BSB

But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 17:21 · BSB

But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

Judges 13:3 · BSB

The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

2 Kings 4:16 · BSB

And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”

“thou”

Luke 2:21 Luke 1:31

Luke 2:21 · BSB

When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.

Luke 1:31 · BSB

Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.

“for”

Acts 13:23 Acts 4:12 John 1:29 1 John 3:5 Colossians 1:20–23 Acts 5:31

Acts 13:23 · BSB

From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

Acts 4:12 · BSB

Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

John 1:29 · BSB

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

1 John 3:5 · BSB

But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

Colossians 1:20–23 · BSB

and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

Acts 5:31 · BSB

God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

Also

Luke 2:11

Luke 2:11 · BSB

Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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

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