NARRATOR 1: This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child by the power of the Holy Spirit.
NARRATOR 2: Her husband, Joseph, a man who always did what was right, did not want to disgrace Mary publicly, so he decided to divorce her secretly.
NARRATOR 1: This was his intention when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream.
ANGEL: Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to be your wife. For by the Holy Spirit she has conceived this child. She will bear a son, and you will name him Jesus—because he will save his people from their sins.
NARRATOR 2: This happened in order to fulfill what God had said through the prophet: “A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Emmanuel,” a name which means “God is with us.”
NARRATOR 1: When Joseph awoke, he took Mary into his home as his wife, as the angel of the Lord had told him.
Matthew 1.18-24