While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.
The Lord’s decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.
There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.
(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.
He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.