Mat 1:18, Luk 2:4-5 | ISV | STEP | The Virgin Conception and Birth of Jesus Christ Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened in this way. When his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they lived together she was discovered to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:18

18 The Virgin Conception and Birth of Jesus Christ Luke 2:1-7Now the birth of Jesus Christ ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} happened in this way. When his mother Mary was engaged ^{▼▼Engagement involved a legally binding promise of marriage.} to Joseph, before they lived together she was discovered to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.Luke 1:27, 35

Luke 2:4-5

4 Joseph, too, went up from the city of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was a descendant ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks a descendant} of the household and family of David.1Sam 16:1, 4; Matt 1:16; Luke 1:27; John 7:42 5 He went there ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks He went there} to be registered with Mary, who had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.Matt 1:16; Luke 1:27