Nascimento de Jesus
37 »So then you are a king!« rejoined Pilate. »Yes,« said Jesus, »you say truly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world–to give testimony for the truth. Every one who is a friend of the truth listens to my voice.«
30 But the angel said, »Do not be frightened, Mary, for you have found favour with God.
31 You will conceive in your womb and bear a son; and you are to call His name JESUS.
32 He will be great and He will be called Son of the Most High.' And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David;
33 and He will be King over the House of Jacob for the Ages, and of His Kingdom there will be no end.«
5 Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.
6 Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.
7 Nay, He stripped Himself of His glory, and took on Him the nature of a bondservant by becoming a man like other men.
8 And being recognized as truly human, He humbled Himself and even stooped to die; yes, to die on a cross.
16 For so greatly did God love the world that He gave His only Son, that every one who trusts in Him may not perish but may have the Life of Ages.
4 So Joseph went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judaea, to David's town of Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
5 to have himself registered together with Mary, who was betrothed to him and was with child.
6 But while they were there, her full time came,
7 and she gave birth to her first-born son, and wrapped Him round, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
20 But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, »Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is with child through the Holy Spirit.
21 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to call His name JESUS for He it is who will save His People from their sins.«
22 All this took place in fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken through the Prophet,
23 »Mark! The maiden will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call His name Immanuel« –a word which signifies God with us'.
24 When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded, and brought home his wife,
25 but did not live with her until she had given birth to a son. The child's name he called JESUS.
14 Since then the children referred to are all alike sharers in perishable human nature, He Himself also, in the same way, took on Him a share of it, in order that through death He might render powerless him who had authority over death, that is, the Devil,
15 and might set at liberty all those who through fear of death had been subject to lifelong slavery.
17 And for this purpose it was necessary that in all respects He should be made to resemble His brothers, so that He might become a compassionate and faithful High Priest in things relating to God, in order to atone for the sins of the people.
15 Then, as soon as the angels had left them and returned to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, »Let us now go over as far as Bethlehem and see this that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.«
16 So they made haste and came and found Mary and Joseph, with the babe lying in the manger.
17 And when they saw the child, they told what had been said to them about Him;
18 and all who listened were astonished at what the shepherds told them.
9 After hearing what the king said, they went to Bethlehem, while, strange to say, the star they had seen in the east led them on until it came and stood over the place where the babe was.
10 When they saw the star, the sight filled them with intense joy.
11 So they entered the house; and when they saw the babe with His mother Mary, they prostrated themselves and did Him homage, and opening their treasure-chests offered gifts to Him–gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12 But being forbidden by God in a dream to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by a different route.
4 But, when the time was fully come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born subject to Law,
5 in order to purchase the freedom of all who were subject to Law, so that we might receive recognition as sons.
10 But the angel said to them, »Put away all fear; for I am bringing you good news of great joy–joy for all the People.
11 For a Saviour who is the Anointed Lord is born to you to-day, in the town of David.
12 And this is the token for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.«
18 The circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ were these. After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they were united in marriage, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.