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Matthew 1:20-22
New Catholic Bible
Matthew 1:20-22
New Catholic Bible
20 After he had decided to follow this course of action, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to receive Mary into your home as your wife. For this child has been conceived in her womb through the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you shall name him Jesus,[a] for he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this took place in order to fulfill what the Lord had announced through the prophet:
Footnotes
- Matthew 1:21 Jesus: is a transcription of the Greek Iêsous, which in turn is a transcription of the Hebrew Jehoshuah (“Joshua” in translations) or Jeshua in its later form. It means “God saves.”
