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To us a child is born

The Old Testament

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

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In the New Testament

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

Luke 2:11

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A child is born, and the government rests on his shoulder. His names: Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of his kingdom on David's throne there will be no end.

This goes further than an ordinary king: a child called 'Mighty God' (El gibbor), the same expression Isaiah uses for God himself in Isaiah 10:21. This is probably the text you hear every year at Christmas, including in Handel's Messiah, which sets it in the words of the King James.