14 But Jesus said, Let the children come to me. Do not try to stop them. The kingdom of heaven belongs to people like them.
16 Jesus took the children up in his arms. He put his hands on them and blessed them.
18 This is the way Jesus Christ was born. Mary, his mother, was promised to Joseph to be his wife. But before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby. It was by the Holy Spirit.
19 Joseph, the man she was to marry, was a good man. He did not want her to be made ashamed. So he planned to leave her without telling people about it.
20 While he was thinking about this, he had a dream. An angel of the Lord came to him. He said, Joseph, Davids son, do not fear to take Mary to be your wife. Her baby is by the Holy Spirit.
21 She will have a baby son. Name him Jesus, because he will save his people from the wrong things they have done.
22 All of this had been told long before by the Lord through his prophet. It came true.
23 The prophet said, A young woman who has not slept with a man is going to have a baby son. His name will be Emmanuel. That means "God is with us."
24 Joseph woke up and did what the angel of the Lord told him to do. He took Mary to be his wife.
25 But he did not make love with her until her first son had been born. He named him Jesus.
3 Jesus said, I tell you the truth. No person can see Gods kingdom if he is not born again.
4 So anyone who feels himself small like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 If anyone takes in a child like this for my sake, he takes in me.
9 No one who is Gods child does wrong things, because Gods life is in him. And he cannot keep on doing wrong things, because he is Gods child.
26 Elizabeth was now in her sixth month. God sent the angel Gabriel to the town of Nazareth in Galilee.
27 The angel was sent to a young woman there. Her name was Mary. She was promised to a man named Joseph, to be his wife. He was of Davids family line.
21 Any woman is sad just before her baby is born. She has much pain because the time has come for the baby to be born. But as soon as the baby is born, she forgets the pain she had. She is very glad because a person has been born into the world.
34 Then Mary said to the angel, How can this happen? I have no husband.
35 The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come to you. The power of the Highest One will be over you. That is why the holy child who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
30 The angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary. God has blessed you.
31 You will have a baby son. Name him Jesus.
32 He will be a great man. He will be called the Son of the Highest One a name for God . The Lord God will make him king where his father David was king.
33 He will be king over the people of Israel for ever. He will never stop being king.