001:019 But Joseph her husband, being a kind-hearted man and unwilling
publicly to disgrace her, had determined to release her
privately from the betrothal.
001:020 But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is
with child through the Holy Spirit.
001:021 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to call His name
JESUS for He it is who will save His People from their sins."
001:022 All this took place in fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken
through the Prophet,
001:023 "Mark! The maiden will be with child and will give birth to a son,
and they will call His name Immanuel"--a word which signifies
`God with us'.
001:024 When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded,
and brought home his wife,
001:025 but did not live with her until she had given birth to a son.
The child's name he called JESUS.
002:001 Now after the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem
in Judaea in the reign of King Herod, excitement was produced
in Jerusalem by the arrival of certain Magi from the east,
002:002 inquiring, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we
have seen his Star in the east, and have come here to
do him homage."
002:003 Reports of this soon reached the king, and greatly agitated
not only him but all the people of Jerusalem.
002:004 So he assembled all the High Priests and Scribes of the people,
and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.
002:005 "At Bethlehem in Judaea," they replied; "for so it stands
written in the words of the Prophet,