¹³ Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!^(A) Is it not enough^(B) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience^(C) of my God^(D) also? ¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself will give you^[a] a sign:^(E) The virgin^[b](F) will conceive and give birth to a son,^(G) and^[c] will call him Immanuel.^[d](H)

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

¹⁸ This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about^[a]: 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.^(A)

²² All this took place to fulfill^(A) what the Lord had said through the prophet:

²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^[a](A) (which means “God with us”).