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Speaker 1: Now, in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent

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from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to

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a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose

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name was Joseph of the House of David. The virgin's

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name was Mary. Having come in, the Angel said to her, Rejoice,

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highly favored one, the Lord is with you. Blessed are

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you among women. But when she saw him, she was

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greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of

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salutation this might be. The Angel said to her, don't

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be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold,

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you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son,

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and will call his name Jesus. He will be great

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and will be called the Son of the Most High.

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The Lord God will give him the throne of his

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father David, and he will reign over the House of

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Jacob forever. There will be no end to his kingdom.

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Mary said to the Angel, how can this be, seeing

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I am a virgin. The Angel answered her, the Holy

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Spirit will come on you, and the power of the

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Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, also the Holy One

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who is born from you will be called the son

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of God. Behold, Elizabeth, your relative also has conceived a

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son in her old age, and this is the sixth

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month with her who was called Baron. For everything spoken

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by God is possible. Mary said, behold the hand made

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of the Lord. Be it to me according to your word.

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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this. For

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after his mother, Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they

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came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. Joseph,

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her husband, being a righteous man and not willing to

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make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

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But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel

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of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph,

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son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself

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Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her

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is of the Holy Spirit. She shall bring forth a son.

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You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he

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who shall save his people from their sins. Now all

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this happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken

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by the Lord through the prophet, saying, behold, the Virgin

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shall be with child and shall bring forth a son.

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They shall call his name Immanuel, which is being interpreted

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God with us. Joseph arose from his sleep and did

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as the Angel of the Lord commanded him, and took

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his wife to himself, and didn't know her sexually until

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she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

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Now it happened in those days that a decree went

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out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.

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This was the first enrollment made when Querinius was governor

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of Syria. All went to enroll themselves, every one to

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his own city. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out

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of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city

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of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of

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the house and family of David, to enroll himself with Mary,

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who was pledged to be married to him as wife

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being pregnant. It happened while they were there that the

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day had come when she should give birth. She brought

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forth her first born son, and she wrapped him in

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bands of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough,

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because there was no room for them in the inn.

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There were shepherds in the same country, staying in the

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field and keeping watch by night. Over their flock. Behold,

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an Angel of the Lord stood by them, and the

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glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

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The Angel said to them, don't be afraid, for behold,

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I bring you good news of great joy, which will

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be to all the people. For there is born to

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you this day in the city of David, a savior

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who is Christ the Lord. This is the sign to you.

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You will find a baby, wrapped in strips of cloth,

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lying in a feeding trough. Suddenly there was with the

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angel a multitude of heavenly army, praising God and saying

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glory to God in the highest on earth, peace good

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will toward men. It happened when the angels went away

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from them into the sky, that the shepherd said to

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one another, let's go to Bethlehem now and see this

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thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known

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to us. They came with haste and found both Mary

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and Joseph and the baby who was lying in the

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feeding trough. When they saw it, they publicized widely the

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saying which was spoken to them about this child. All

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who heard heard it wondered at the things which were

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spoken to them by the shepherds, but Mary kept all

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these sayings, pondering them in her heart. The shepherds returned,

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glorifying and praising God for all the things that they

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had heard and seen. Just as it was told them.

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was

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with God, and the Word was God. The same was

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in the beginning with God. All things were made through him.

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Without him, was not anything made. That has been made.

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In him was life, and the life was the light

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of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the

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darkness hasn't overcome it. There came a man sent from

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God whose name was John. The same came as a

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witness that he might testify about the Light, that all

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might believe through him. He was not the light, but

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was sent that he might testify about the light, the

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true light that enlightens every one was coming into the world.

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He was in the world, and the world was made

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through him, and the world didn't recognize him. He came

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to his own, and those who were his own didn't

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receive him. But as many as received him to them.

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He gave the right to become God's children to those

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who believe in his name, who were born not of

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blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor the

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will of man, but of God. The Word became flesh

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and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory

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as of the one and only Son of the Father,

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full of grace and truth. John testified about him. He

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cried out, saying, this was he of whom I said,

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He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he

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was before me. From his fullness. We all received grace

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upon grace, for the law was given through Moses. Grace

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and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No one has

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seen God at any time. The one and only Son,

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who is in the bosom of the Father. He has

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declared him. This is the end of the true story

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of Christmas. Taken from the World English Bible.