Matthew 1:18-25
18The 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 19Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.Deut 24:1 20After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.Luke 1:35 21She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, ▼▼Jesus is the Gk. for Joshua, meaning The Lord saves.
because he is the one who will save his people from their sins.”Luke 1:31; Acts 4:12; 5:31 22Now all this happened to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said, 23“See, a virgin will become pregnantIsa 7:14and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,” ▼▼Isa 7:14
which means, “God with us.” 24When Joseph got up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as ▼▼The Gk. lacks Mary as
his wife. 25He did not have marital relations with ▼▼Lit. did not know
her until she had given birth to a son; ▼▼Other mss. read to her firstborn son
and he named him Jesus.Exod 13:2; Luke 2:7, 21
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