³¹ Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.^(A)

The Circumcision and Presentation of Jesus

²¹ When the eight days were completed for his circumcision,^(A) he was named Jesus^(B) – the name given by the angel before he was conceived.

²⁵ ‘I did tell you and you don’t believe,’ Jesus answered them. ‘The works^(A) that I do in my Father’s name testify about me.

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