“But 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 as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.