¹³ Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!^(A) Is it not enough^(B) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience^(C) of my God^(D) also? ¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself will give you^[a] a sign:^(E) The virgin^[b](F) will conceive and give birth to a son,^(G) and^[c] will call him Immanuel.^{[d](H) 15} He will be eating curds^(I) and honey^(J) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, ¹⁶ for before the boy knows^(K) enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,^(L) the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.^{(M) 17} The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away^(N) from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.^(O)”

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

¹⁸ This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about^[a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.^{(A) 19} Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet^[b] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce^(B) her quietly.

²⁰ But after he had considered this, an angel^(C) of the Lord appeared to him in a dream^(D) and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,^[c](E) because he will save his people from their sins.”^(F)

²² All this took place to fulfill^(G) what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^[d](H) (which means “God with us”).

²⁴ When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel^(I) of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. ²⁵ But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.^(J)