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Matthew 1:19

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Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

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Matthew 1:19 in other translations

And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

Matthew 1:19 · American Standard Version

Matthew 1:19 in context

  1. 17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
  2. 18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
  3. 19Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
  4. 20But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
  5. 21She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”