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18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. When Mary his mother was engaged to Joseph, before they were married, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
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This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
19 Joseph her husband was a righteous man. Because he didn't want to humiliate her, he decided to call off their engagement quietly.
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Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 As he was thinking about this, an angel from the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child she carries was conceived by the Holy Spirit.
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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.
21 She will give birth to a son, and you will call him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
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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.”
22 Now all of this took place so that what the Lord had spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled:
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All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
23 Look! A virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, And they will call him, Emmanuel. (Emmanuel means "God with us.")
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“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
24 When Joseph woke up, he did just as an angel from God commanded and took Mary as his wife.
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When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
25 But he didn't have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son. Joseph called him Jesus.
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But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
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