Quotes About Faith

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.

But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).

When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and embraced Mary as his wife.

But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.

asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

ëBut you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.í”

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Childís life are now dead.”

So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

John wore a garment of camelís hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.