¹⁸The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged^F to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.^o ¹⁹So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man,^p and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.^q

²⁰But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.^r ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus,^s because he will save his people from their sins.”^t

²²Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

²³See, the virgin will become pregnant

and give birth to a son,

and they will name him Immanuel,^A

which is translated “God is with us.”^u

²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her^v ²⁵but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son.^B And he named him Jesus.^w

Read in Logos

Matthew 1:18: Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

Footnotes

FOr betrothed
BOther read to her firstborn son

Cross references

o Mt 12:46; Lk 1:27,35
p Mt 13:17; Mk 10:12; Lk 2:36; 1Co 14:35; 2Co 11:2; Gl 4:27
q Dt 22:20–24; 24:1–4; Mt 2:7; Lk 16:18; Jn 8:4–5
r 2Ch 1:1; Mt 13:49; 27:19; Jn 6:20; Rm 1:3
s Lk 1:31; 2:21; Jn 10:25; 1Jn 2:12
t Lk 2:11; Jn 1:29; Ac 4:12; 5:31; 13:23,38–39
A Is 7:14
u Is 7:14; Mt 21:1–4; Lk 24:44; Rm 1:2–4
v Mt 1:6; 13:49; Lk 1:1; 19:32; Jd 5
w Gn 4:1,17; Ex 13:2; Jdg 11:39; 1Sm 1:19; Lk 2:7,21