to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name [was] Mary.

And behold, you shall conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS.

But while he was thinking about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take unto [you] Mary your wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

For who shall be pure from uncleanness? Not even one;

Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.

For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? Or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?

For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.

among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but having been tempted in all [respects] in quite the same way as [we are], yet without sin.

For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, having been separated from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;

For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, [appoints] a Son who has been perfected forever.

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David.

declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, today I have begotten You.

Then those who were in the boat came and worshipped Him, saying, "Truly You are the Son of God."

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, "I adjure You by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!"

Jesus said to him, "You said [it]. Nevertheless, I say to you, from now [on], you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

So when the centurion and those with him guarding Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were greatly afraid, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God!"

THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD.

"And I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God."

Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in His name.

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who was declared Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection of [the] dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the [life] which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.