28 Bible Verses about Nativity of Jesus Christ

The birth of Jesus Christ took place as follows:--His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but, before the marriage took place, she found herself to be with child by the power of the Holy Spirit.

This day there has been born to you, in the town of David, a Savior, who is Christ and Lord.

To be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was about to become a mother.

Jacob of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, who is called 'Christ'.

"The Holy Spirit shall descend upon you," answered the angel, "and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called 'holy,' and 'Son of God.'

A genealogy of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David and Abraham.

After the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the reign of King Herod, some Astrologers from the East arrived in Jerusalem, asking:

Eight days after the birth of the child, when it was time to circumcise him, he received the name Jesus--the name given him by the angel before his conception.

While they were there her time came,

To a maiden there who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her name was Mary.

"Is not this Jesus, Joseph's son," they asked, "whose father and mother we know? How is it that he now says that he has come down from Heaven?"

He shall be to you a joy and a delight; and many shall rejoice over his birth.

He made Mary his wife, but did not live with her as her husband until after the birth of her son; and to this son he gave the name Jesus.

"Have no fear," the angel said. "For I bring you good news of a great joy in store for all the nation.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not die until he had seen the Lord's Christ.

And she gave birth to her first child, a son. And because there was no room for them in the inn, she swathed him round and laid him in a manger.

Among others Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem, the town of David, in Judea--because he belonged to the family and house of David--

He had been dwelling upon this, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary for your wife, for her child has been conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.

"Glory to God on high, And on earth peace among men in whom he finds pleasure."

'Behold! the virgin shall be with child and shall give birth to a son, And they will give him the name Immanuel'--a word which means 'God is with us.'

And every one went to his own town to be registered.

So the whole number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen; from David to the Exile to Babylon fourteen; and from the Exile to Babylon to the Christ fourteen.

She shall give birth to a son; and you shall give him the name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

For you are all Sons of God, through your faith in Christ Jesus.

In the Beginning the Word was; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.

"Where is the new-born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and have come to do homage to him."

Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

In that same country-side were shepherds out in the open fields, watching their flocks that night,