Jacob the father of Joseph, and Joseph (to whom the virgin Mary was betrothed) the father of Jesus, who is called 'Christ.'

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.

As Joseph her husband was a just man but unwilling to disgrace her, he resolved to divorce her secretly;

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.

So on waking from sleep Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him; he took his wife home,

After they had gone, there appeared an angel of the Lord to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt; stay there till I tell you. For Herod is going to search for the child and destroy him."

But when Herod died, there appeared an angel of the Lord in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Is this not the son of the joiner? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

including Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedaeus.

Now when evening came, a rich man from Arimathaea, called Joseph, who had become a disciple of Jesus,

So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean linen,

Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of good position who himself was on the outlook for the Reign of God, ventured to go to Pilate and ask for the body of Jesus.

and on ascertaining this from the captain he bestowed the corpse on Joseph.

to a maiden who was betrothed to a man called Joseph, belonging to the house of David. The maiden's name was Mary.

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,

So they made haste and discovered Mary and Joseph and the baby lying in the stall for cattle.

At the outset Jesus was about thirty years of age; he was the son, as people supposed, of Joseph, the son of Heli,

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

the son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

All spoke well of him and marvelled at the gracious words that came from his lips; they said, "Is this not Joseph's son?"

Now there was a man called Joseph, a member of council but a good and just man

This Joseph went to Pilate and asked him for the body of Jesus.

So the women who had accompanied him from Galilee and who had followed Joseph, noted the tomb and the position of the body;

he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets ??it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret."

and in so doing he arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar; it lay near the territory which Jacob had given to his son Joseph,

They said, "Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he claim now, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, a disciple of Jesus but a secret disciple ??for fear of the Jews ??asked Pilate for permission to remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed him. So he went and removed the body,

So they brought forward two men, Joseph called Bar-Sabbas (surnamed Justus) and Matthias;

Thus Joseph, who was surnamed Barnabas or (as it may be translated) 'Son of Encouragement' by the apostles, a Levite of Cypriote birth,

Out of jealousy the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with him,

at their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh was informed of Joseph's lineage.

Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his kinsfolk, amounting to seventy-five souls;

till another king arose to rule Egypt who knew nothing of Joseph.

It was by faith that, when Jacob was dying, he blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bending in prayer over the head of his staff.

It was by faith that Joseph at his end thought about the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders about his own bones.

twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad,