Matthew 1:18

New Living Translation

This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Job 14:4

Who can bring purity out of an impure person? No one!

Job 15:14

Can any mortal be pure? Can anyone born of a woman be just?

Matthew 1:1

This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham:

Matthew 12:46

As Jesus was speaking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.

Matthew 2:11

They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Luke 1:25

“How kind the Lord is!” she exclaimed. “He has taken away my disgrace of having no children.”

Luke 2:5

He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child.

Deuteronomy 22:23

“Suppose a man meets a young woman, a virgin who is engaged to be married, and he has sexual intercourse with her. If this happens within a town,

Hebrews 10:5

That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have given me a body to offer.

Hebrews 7:26

He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.