Matthew 1:18-21

The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged  to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.  So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man,  and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.  But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.  She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus,  because he will save his people from their sins.”