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to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.(A)

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16 Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah.

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18 Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,[a] but before they lived together, she was found with child through the holy Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:18 Betrothed to Joseph: betrothal was the first part of the marriage, constituting a man and woman as husband and wife. Subsequent infidelity was considered adultery. The betrothal was followed some months later by the husband’s taking his wife into his home, at which time normal married life began.