We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.
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Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a Mother laid her Baby In a manger for His bed: Mary was that Mother mild, Jesus Christ her little Child.
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Isaiah 1:3:
'The ox knows its master, the donkey its owner's manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.'
(NIV)
The ox [instinctively] knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib, but Israel does not know or recognize Me [as Lord], My people do not consider or understand.
(AMP)
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
(KJV)
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Luke 2:7:
And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
(NIV)
And she gave birth to her Son, her Firstborn; and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room or place for them in the inn.
(AMP)
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
(KJV)
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