Every Christmas Eve, my dad read us the Christmas story, Luke chapters 1 and 2, from the big golden family Bible in the original King James.  I still hear his voice…I still hear the words.

If you’d like to read the full Christmas story, you can find two famous passages in the Gospels: Luke 1-2  and Matthew 1-2.

Here, though, are 20 of my favorite Christmas Bible verses from the Old and New Testaments, reminding us of the Savior, the season, the gift…

• Isaiah 7:14 NIV
  Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
• Isaiah 9:2 ESV
  The people who walked in darkness
      have seen a great light;
  those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,
      on them has light shone.
• Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV
  For to us a child is born,
      to us a son is given,
      and the government will be on his shoulders.
  And he will be called
      Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  ⁷ Of the greatness of his government and peace
      there will be no end.
  He will reign on David’s throne
      and over his kingdom,
  establishing and upholding it
      with justice and righteousness
      from that time on and forever.
  The zeal of the Lord Almighty
      will accomplish this.
• Isaiah 11:1-5 NIV

  A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
      from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
  ² The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
      the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
      the Spirit of counsel and of might,
      the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
  ³ and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.

  He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
      or decide by what he hears with his ears;
  ⁴ but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
      with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
  He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
      with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
  ⁵ Righteousness will be his belt
      and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

• Micah 5:2 NIV
  “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
      though you are small among the clans of Judah,
  out of you will come for me
      one who will be ruler over Israel,
  whose origins are from of old,
      from ancient times.”
• Matthew 1:21 NIV
  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.
• Matthew 1:23 NIV
  “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). 
• Luke 1:30-31 NIV
  But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. ³¹ You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
• Luke 1:37 ESV
   For nothing will be impossible with God.
  
• Luke 1:45 NIV
   Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!
• Luke 2:10-14 NIV
  But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.¹¹ Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. ¹² This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest heaven,and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
• John 1:14 ESV
  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
• John 3:16 NIV

  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

• 2 Corinthians 9:15 NIV
   Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
• Galatians 4:4-5 NIV
  But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,⁵ to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
• Philippians 2:5-7 ESV
  Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,  who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,  but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
• Colossians 1:15-20 ESV
   He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. ¹⁶ For by^[a] him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. ¹⁷ And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸ And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. ¹⁹ For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰ and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
• 1 Timothy 1:15-16 ESV
  The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.¹⁶ But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
• Titus 3:4-5 NLT
  But—When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, ⁵ he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.
• 1 John 4:9 ESV
  In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.