Matthew 1:18-25 - The Birth Of Jesus Christ

¹⁸ The birth of [Jesus] Christ came about thus. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together she was discovered to be pregnant by the holy Spirit. ¹⁹ As Joseph her husband was a just man but unwilling to disgrace her, he resolved to divorce her secretly;

²⁰ but after he had planned this, there appeared an angel of the Lord to him in a dream saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her comes from the holy Spirit. ²¹ She will bear a son, and you will call him 'Jesus,' for he will save his people from their sins."

²² All this happened for the fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

²³ The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

²⁴ So on waking from sleep Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him; he took his wife home, ²⁵ but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

¹ Now in those days an edict was issued by Caesar Augustus for a census of the whole world. ² (This was the first census, and it took place when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ³ So everyone went to be registered, each at his own town,

⁴ and as Joseph belonged to the house and family of David he went up from Galilee to Judaea, from the town of Nazaret to David's town called Bethlehem, ⁵ to be registered along with Mary his wife. She was pregnant, ⁶ and while they were there the days elapsed for her delivery; ⁷ she gave birth to her firstborn son, and as there was no room for them inside the khan she wrapped him up and laid him in a stall for cattle.