Matthew 1:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one can.

Job 15:14

What are mortals, that they can be clean? Or those born of woman, that they can be righteous?

Matthew 1:1

An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 12:46

While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him.

Matthew 2:11

On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Luke 1:25

“This is what the Lord has done for me in this time, when he looked favorably on me and took away the disgrace I have endured among my people.”

Luke 2:5

He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.

Deuteronomy 22:23

“If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in the town and lies with her,

Hebrews 10:5

Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me;

Hebrews 7:26

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.