⁴ On the day you were born^(A) your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

⁷ and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

¹² This will be a sign^(A) to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”