Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
18 This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby 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 was a man who always did what was right, but he did not want to disgrace Mary publicly; so he made plans to break the engagement privately.
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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 While he was thinking about this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to be your wife. For it is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived.
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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 have a son, and you will name 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 this happened in order to make come true what the Lord had said through the prophet,
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All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
23 "A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means, "God is 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 So when Joseph woke up, he married Mary, as the angel of the Lord had told him to.
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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 had no sexual relations with her before she gave birth to her son. And Joseph named 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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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