Matthew 1:19

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Deut 22:21-24 : 21 then they shall bring out the young lady to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father's house: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you. 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you shall put away the evil from Israel. 23 If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
  • Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 When she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife]. 3 If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife; 4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
  • John 8:4-5 : 4 they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say."
  • Ps 112:4-5 : 4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous. 5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
  • Mark 6:20 : 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
  • Mark 10:4 : 4 They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."
  • Luke 2:25 : 25 Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
  • Gen 38:24 : 24 It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."
  • Lev 19:20 : 20 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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  • Matt 1:20-25
    6 verses
    84%

    20 But 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.

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

    22 Now 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."

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

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

  • Matt 1:18
    83%

    18 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.

  • Luke 1:24-31
    8 verses
    78%

    24 After 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."

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

    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.'

  • Luke 2:4-7
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    73%

    4 Joseph 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;

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

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

    7 She 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.

  • Matt 1:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Gen 39:7-12
    6 verses
    71%

    7 It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

    8 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.

    9 He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"

    10 As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

    11 About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.

    12 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.

  • Gen 39:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19 It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," that his wrath was kindled.

    20 Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.

  • Luke 23:50
    71%

    50 Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

  • Matt 2:13-14
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    70%

    13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

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

  • Deut 24:1
    69%

    1 When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Luke 1:34-35
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Matt 2:19
    69%

    19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

  • Luke 2:33
    69%

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

  • Luke 1:5
    68%

    5 There 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.

  • Matt 27:19
    67%

    19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."

  • Deut 22:14
    67%

    14 and accuses her of shameful things, and brings up an evil name on her, and says, "I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;"

  • Num 5:13
    67%

    13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;

  • Luke 2:19
    67%

    19 But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

  • Luke 1:38-39
    2 verses
    67%

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

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

  • Matt 2:7
    66%

    7 Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

  • Matt 19:3
    66%

    3 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

  • Luke 3:23
    66%

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