Matthew 1:25 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁵ [But] he did not have sexual relations with her until [after] she had a son, whom he named Jesus.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ and knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ But he had no union with her as her husband until she had borne her firstborn Son; and he called His name Jesus.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.

Common English Bible

²⁵ But he didn’t have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son. Joseph called him Jesus.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ And he knew her not, yet she bore her son, the firstborn. And he called his name JESUS.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ And he knew her not till she brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

Matthew 1:25 Cross References

Matthew 1:21

She is going to have a son and you should name Him Jesus, for He is the One who will save His people from their sins.”

Matthew 1:24

Then Joseph woke up from his sleep and did what the angel of the Lord commanded him and took Mary to be his wife.

Luke 1:31

And consider this, you will become pregnant and give birth to a son and you will name Him Jesus.

Luke 2:21

Eight days later it was time to circumcise Jesus [i.e., to perform the Jewish rite of identity, signifying the responsibility to observe the Law of Moses], and they named Him Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before He was [even] conceived.

Luke 2:7

So, she bore her firstborn Son and wrapped Him in [linen] cloths and laid Him in an animal’s feeding trough because there was no room for them in the lodge.

Romans 8:29

For [that class of] persons whom God knew beforehand He also predetermined to become conformed to the [spiritual] likeness of His Son, so that He could be the firstborn One among [His] many brothers [i.e., so He could be the preeminent example to all His followers. See Heb. 2:11].