But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Now all this took place so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,

The Escape to Egypt

Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

He stayed there until the death of Herod; this happened so that what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,

For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said, “The voice of one calling out in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’”

Jesus said to him, “On the other hand, it is written: ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Then Jesus *said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.’”

“Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

Therefore, plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them on immediately.”

Now the crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!”

Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘A stone which the builders rejected, This has become the chief cornerstone; This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Until I put Your enemies under Your feet”’?

For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

and they gave them for the Potter’s Field, just as the Lord directed me.”

And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.

The voice of one calling out in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’”

And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”

And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.”

And those who went in front and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord;

This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one;