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# Merry Christmas
- URL: https://nolongerset.com/merry-christmas-3/
- Published: 2022-12-25T19:38:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-08T12:52:42.000Z
- Description: "...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.”
- Author: Mike Wolfe
- Tags: Holiday, #Import 2026-05-20 02:59

*[Matthew 1:18-25](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+1%3A18-25&version=NIV)*

### **Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son**

**18** This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. **19** Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

**20** But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. **21** 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.”

**22** All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: **23** “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

**24** When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. **25** But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.