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“This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” (Luke 2:12)
How can a baby save us?
“Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom.” (Luke 2:41–42)
How can a boy save us?
“Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph.” (Luke 3:23)
How can a carpenter’s son save us?
“These women were helping to support them out of their own means.” (Luke 8:3)
How can a beggar save us?
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!” (Matthew 23:13)
How can someone who opposes the popular religion save us?
“You have heard that it was said… But I tell you …” (Matthew 5:27–28)
How can someone who contradicts everything we believe save us?
They asked his disciples: ‘Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?’” (Mark 2:16)
How can someone who associates with the disreputable save us?
“Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of…