Luke 1:26-38
In the sixth month, God sent
the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a
descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are
highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Mary was greatly troubled at
his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said
to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give
birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and
will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne
of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his
kingdom will never end.”
“How will this be,” Mary
asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy
Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is
going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in
her sixth month. For nothing
is impossible with God.”
“I am the Lord’s servant,”
Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.
Matthew 1:18-21
This is how the birth of
Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph,
but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy
Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to
expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
But after he had considered
this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of
David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is
conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the
name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:22-26
All this took place to
fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.”
When Joseph woke up, he did
what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the
name Jesus.
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