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Now the birth of Jesus the ^(F1)Messiah was as follows: when His ^(C1)mother Mary had been ^(F2)betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was ^(C2)found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to ^(F1)(C1)send her away secretly.

But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "^(C1)Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for ^(F1)the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

"She will give birth to a Son; and ^(C1)you shall name Him Jesus, for ^(F1)He ^(C2)will save His people from their sins."

Now all this ^(F1)took place so that what was ^(C1)spoken by the Lord through ^(F2)the prophet would be fulfilled:

"^(C1)BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN WILL ^(F1)(C2)CONCEIVE AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND THEY SHALL NAME HIM ^(F2)IMMANUEL," which translated means, "^(C3)GOD WITH US."

And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,

^(F1)but kept her a virgin until she ^(C1)gave birth to a Son; and ^(C2)he named Him Jesus.