¹⁸Now the ^xbirth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child ^yof the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹Then Joseph her husband, being ⁶a just man, and not wanting ^zto make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. ²⁰But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, ^afor that which is ⁷conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹^bAnd she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name ⁸Jesus, ^cfor He will save His people from their sins.”

²²So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: ²³^d“Behold, ⁹the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

²⁴Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, ²⁵and ¹did not know her till she had brought forth ^eher ²firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.

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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

6an upright
7Lit. begotten
8Lit. Savior
9Words in oblique type in the New Testament are quoted from the Old Testament.
1Kept her a virgin
2NU a Son

Cross references

x Matt. 12:46; Luke 1:27
y Is. 7:14; 49:5; Luke 1:35
z Deut. 24:1; John 8:4, 5
a Luke 1:35
b[Is. 7:14; 9:6, 7]; Luke 1:31; 2:21
c Luke 2:11; John 1:29; [Acts 4:12; 5:31; 13:23, 38; Rom. 5:18, 19; Col. 1:20–23]
d Is. 7:14
e Ex. 13:2; Luke 2:7, 21