and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.