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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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Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from 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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Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss 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 just when he had resolved to do 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 as your wife, for the child 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 bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for 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 had been spoken by the Lord 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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"Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," which means, "God is 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 awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her 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 had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus.
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