Matthew 1:18-25 (1st Hour, Gospel)
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- Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
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- Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
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- But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
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- And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”
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- So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
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- “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated, ‘God with us.’”
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- Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife,
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- and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name JESUS.