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But for you who revere my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing upon his lips; and you shall go forth and leap for joy like the calves of the herd.

Abraham begot Isaac; Isaac begot Jacob; Jacob begot Judah and his brothers;

Judah begot Perez and Zerah of his wife Tamar; Perez begot Hezron; Hezron begot Aram;

Salmon begot Boaz of his wife Rahab; Boaz begot Obed of his wife Ruth; Obed begot Jesse;

Josiah begot Jechoniah and his brothers, about the captivity of Babylon.

The birth of Jesus Christ was in this manner. While Mary his mother was acquired for a price for Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

She will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.

Behold, a virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which is interpreted, Our God is with us.

When Joseph rose up from his sleep, he did just as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and he took his wife.

And he did not know her until she gave birth to her first-born son; and she called his name Jesus.

And they were saying, Where is the King of the Jews, who has been born? For we have seen his star in the East, so we have come to worship him.

And they entered the house, and they saw the infant boy with Mary, his mother; and they threw themselves down and worshipped him; and they opened their treasures and offered to him gifts - gold and frankincense, and myrrh.

When they had gone, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said to him, Arise, take the infant boy and his mother, and escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is ready to demand the child so as to destroy him.

Then Joseph rose up, took the infant boy and his mother in the night, and escaped to Egypt.

And he said to him, Arise, take the boy and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the boy''s life are dead.

So Joseph rose up, took the boy and his mother, and he came to the land of Israel.

But when he heard that Archelaus had become king over Judaea, in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and it was revealed to him in a dream to go to the land of Galilee.

For it was he of whom it was said by the prophet Isaiah, The voice which cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, and straighten his highways.

Now the same John''s clothes were made of camel''s hair, and he had leathern belts around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Whose shovel is in his hand, and he purifies his threshings; the wheat he gathers into his barns, and the straw he burns up in the unquenchable fire.