The Virgin Mary

And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars, — read the full passage →

and did not know her till she brought forth her son--the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

And Jehovah saith unto me, `This gate is shut, it is not opened, and none doth go in by it, for Jehovah, God of Israel, hath come in by it, and it hath been shut.

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

and whence <FI>is<Fi> this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?

And the messenger having come in unto her, said, `Hail, favoured one, the Lord <FI>is<Fi> with thee; blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou among women;'

And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which <FI>is<Fi> Nazareth, — read the full passage →

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' --and they were being stumbled at him.

and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.

and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord.

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

And my spirit was glad on God my Saviour,

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee--the head, and thou dost bruise him--the heel.'

afterward he saith to the disciple, `Lo, thy mother;' and from that hour the disciple took her to his own <FI>home<Fi> .

And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene;

And Mary said, `My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him, — read the full passage →

is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

these all were continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Jesus, therefore, having seen <FI>his<Fi> mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;' — read the full passage →

And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?' — read the full passage →

And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten <FI>is<Fi> of the Holy Spirit,

for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

And Mary said, `My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days--till the full end of the age.'

And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death; — read the full passage →

is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? — read the full passage →

And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, — read the full passage →

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

yet Michael, the chief messenger, when, with the devil contending, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring up an evil-speaking judgment, but said, `The Lord rebuke thee!'

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, — read the full passage →

and she, at that hour, having come in, was confessing, likewise, to the Lord, and was speaking concerning him, to all those looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and delivered <FI>him<Fi> to Pilate; — read the full passage →

among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and of Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.

Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

And himself is the head of the body--the assembly--who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all <FI>things<Fi> --himself--first,

Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low--sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,