Matthew 1:18-20

International Standard Version

The Birth of Jesus^(A)

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah^[a] happened in this way. When his mother Mary was engaged^[b] to Joseph, before they lived together she was discovered to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.

²⁰ After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” he said, “don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.