Matthew 1:25

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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

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].