The Nativity of the Messiah

¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit.^{(A) 19} So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man,^(B) and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.^(C)

²⁰ But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit.^{(D) 21} She will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him Jesus,^[a](E) because He will save His people from their sins.”^(F)

²² Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

which is translated “God is with us.”^(G)

¹⁷ And there came a voice from heaven:

²⁹ Suddenly they shouted, “What do You have to do with us,^[a][b] Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”^(A)

²⁷ All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows^[a] the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son desires^[b] to reveal Him.^(A)

³³ Then those in the boat worshiped Him and said, “Truly You are the Son of God!”^(A)

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”^(A)

²⁷ For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father,^(A) and then He will reward each according to what he has done.