Matthew 1:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

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  • Job 14:4 : 4 Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'
  • Matt 1:1 : 1 A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
  • Luke 1:25 : 25 `Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon `me', to take away my reproach among men.'
  • Luke 1:27-38 : 27 to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name `is' Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin `is' Mary. 28 And the messenger having come in unto her, said, `Hail, favoured one, the Lord `is' with thee; blessed `art' thou among women;' 29 and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be. 30 And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God; 31 and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus; 32 he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father, 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.' 34 And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?' 35 And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God; 36 and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren; 37 because nothing shall be impossible with God.' 38 And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.
  • Gal 4:4-5 : 4 and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, 5 that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 For such a chief priest did become us -- kind, harmless, undefiled, separate from the sinners, and become higher than the heavens,
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What `is' man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 1:24-32
    9 verses
    84%

    24and after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying --

    25`Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon `me', to take away my reproach among men.'

    26And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which `is' Nazareth,

    27to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name `is' Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin `is' Mary.

    28And the messenger having come in unto her, said, `Hail, favoured one, the Lord `is' with thee; blessed `art' thou among women;'

    29and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.

    30And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

    31and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

    32he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

  • Matt 1:19-25
    7 verses
    84%

    19and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

    20And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten `is' of the Holy Spirit,

    21and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

    22And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

    23`Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us `he is' God.'

    24And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife,

    25and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

  • Matt 1:15-17
    3 verses
    80%

    15and Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob,

    16and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.

    17All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David `are' fourteen generations, and from David unto the Babylonian removal fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian removal unto the Christ, fourteen generations.

  • Luke 2:4-7
    4 verses
    79%

    4and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

    5to enroll himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.

    6And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth,

    7and she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

  • Luke 1:34-39
    6 verses
    77%

    34And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

    35And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

    36and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

    37because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

    38And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

    39And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

  • Luke 1:41
    75%

    41And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

  • Matt 1:1
    74%

    1A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

  • Matt 2:1
    73%

    1And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem,

  • Luke 1:56-57
    2 verses
    72%

    56And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

    57And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

  • Luke 2:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

    17and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

  • Luke 2:33
    72%

    33And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,

  • Luke 1:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

    15for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

  • Mark 1:9
    71%

    9And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

  • Luke 2:27
    71%

    27And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him,

  • Mark 1:1
    71%

    1A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

  • Matt 2:14
    71%

    14And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

  • Luke 2:12
    71%

    12and this `is' to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'

  • Gal 4:4
    70%

    4and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

  • Luke 2:21
    70%

    21And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.

  • Luke 1:5
    70%

    5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;

  • Luke 3:23
    70%

    23And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

  • Luke 1:18
    69%

    18And Zacharias said unto the messenger, `Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

  • Luke 1:44
    69%

    44for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;