Conception of Jesus

4	JESUS is CONCEIVED
Matt 1		Mark	Luke 1
	[see Matt 1:20 below]		26	In the sixth month
				the angel* Gabriel was sent from God
				to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
			27	to a virgin betrothed to a man
	[see Matt 1:18 below]			whose name was Joseph,*
				of the house of David;*
				and the virgin's name was Mary.*
			28	And he came to her and said,
				"Hail, O favored one,
				the Lord is with you!"
			29	But she was greatly troubled
				at the saying,
				and considered in her mind
				what sort of greeting this might be.
			30	And the angel said to her,
				"Do not be afraid, Mary,
				for you have found favor with God.
			31	And behold,
	[see Matt 1:21 below]			you will conceive in your womb
				and bear a son,*
				and you shall call his name Jesus.*
			32	He will be great,
				and will be called
				the Son of the Most High;
				and the Lord God will give to him
				the throne of his father David,
			33	and he will reign
				over the house of Jacob for ever;
				and of his kingdom
				there will be no end."
			34	And Mary said to the angel,
				"How shall this be,
				since I have no husband?"
	[see Matt 1:20 below]		35	And the angel said to her,
				"The Holy Spirit* will come upon you,
				and the power of the Most High
				will overshadow you;
				therefore the child to be born
				will be called holy,
				the Son of God.
			36	And behold,
				your kinswoman Elizabeth
				in her old age has also conceived a son;
				and this is the sixth month
				with her who was called barren.
			37	For with God
				nothing will be impossible."
			38	And Mary said, "Behold,
				I am the handmaid of the Lord;
				let it be to me according to your word."
				And the angel departed from her.
18	Now the birth of Jesus Christ
	took place in this way.			[see Luke 1:27 above]
	When his mother Mary*
	had been betrothed to Joseph,*
	before they came together
	she was found to be with child
	of the Holy Spirit;*
19	and her husband Joseph,
	being a just man
	and unwilling to put her to shame,
	resolved to divorce her quietly.
20	But as he considered this, behold,
	an angel* of the Lord appeared to him			[see Luke 1:26 above]
	in a dream,
	saying,			[see Luke 1:27 above]
	"Joseph, son of David,*
	do not fear to take Mary your wife,
	for that which is conceived in her
	is of the Holy Spirit;*			[see Luke 1:35 above]
21	she will bear a son,*			[see Luke 1:31 above]
	and you shall call his name Jesus,*
	for he will save his people from their sins."
22	All this took place to fulfill
	what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23	"Behold, a virgin shall conceive
	and bear a son,
	and his name shall be called Emmanuel"
	(which means, God with us).
24	When Joseph woke from sleep,
	he did
	as the angel of the Lord commanded him;
	he took his wife,
25	but knew her not
	until she had borne a son;
	and he called his name Jesus.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Black	Words unique to a particular text.
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*	Same wording, different order.
4	Sequence in synoptic outlines