Matthew 1:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place under these circumstances: When His mother Mary had been promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant [through the power] of the Holy Spirit.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ This is how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. When Mary his mother was engaged to Joseph, before they were married, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Now the procreation of the Christ occurred in this way. After his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they lived together, she was found to have conceived in her womb by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:18 Cross References

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Hebrews 10:5

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;

Genesis 3:15

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Hebrews 7:26

For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be clean? And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Luke 1:25

Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.

Matthew 1:1

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Deuteronomy 22:23

If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

Matthew 2:11

And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

Matthew 12:46

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

Luke 2:5

to enroll himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.