Matthew 1:18

World English Bible (2000)

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

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  • Job 14:4 : 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
  • Matt 1:1 : 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
  • Luke 1:25 : 25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."
  • Luke 1:27-38 : 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!" 29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be. 30 The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.' 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom." 34 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?" 35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God. 36 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For everything spoken by God is possible." 38 Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.
  • Gal 4:4-5 : 4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, 5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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  • Luke 1:24-32
    9 verses
    84%

    24After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

    25"Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

    26Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

    27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

    28Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"

    29But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

    30The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

    31Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.'

    32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

  • Matt 1:19-25
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    84%

    19Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

    20But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

    21She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

    22Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

    23"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, "God with us."

    24Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;

    25and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

  • Matt 1:15-17
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    80%

    15Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.

    16Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

    17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.

  • Luke 2:4-7
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    4Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

    5to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.

    6It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

    7She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

  • Luke 1:34-39
    6 verses
    77%

    34Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"

    35The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

    36Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

    37For everything spoken by God is possible."

    38Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.

    39Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

  • Luke 1:41
    75%

    41It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 1:1
    74%

    1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

  • Matt 2:1
    73%

    1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

  • Luke 1:56-57
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    72%

    56Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

    57Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

  • Luke 2:16-17
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    72%

    16They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

    17When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

  • Luke 2:33
    72%

    33Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,

  • Luke 1:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

    15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • Mark 1:9
    71%

    9It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

  • Luke 2:27
    71%

    27He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

  • Mark 1:1
    71%

    1The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

  • Matt 2:14
    71%

    14He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

  • Luke 2:12
    71%

    12This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."

  • Gal 4:4
    70%

    4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

  • Luke 2:21
    70%

    21When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

  • Luke 1:5
    70%

    5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

  • Luke 3:23
    70%

    23Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

  • Luke 1:18
    69%

    18Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

  • Luke 1:44
    69%

    44For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!