Heb
2:14-15 Since the children
have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his
death he might destroy him who holds the power of death— that is, the
devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their
fear of death.
John1:1,14In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word became flesh and made
his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and
Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Mt 1:18-25 This is how the birth of Jesus Chris
came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, bu
before they came together, she was found to be with child through the
Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did no
want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her
quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be
afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her
is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to
give him the name Jesus, because
he
will
save
his
people
from
their
sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said
through
the prophet: "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a
son, and they will call him Immanuel" —which means, "God with us." When
Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and
took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until
she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
Luke 2:1-20 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a
decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This
was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of
Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph
also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to
Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line
of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be
married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the
time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn,
a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because
there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds living
out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An
angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone
around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do
not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all
the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you;
he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby
wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a grea
company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and
saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom
his favor rests." When the angels had left them and gone into heaven,
the shepherds said to one another, "Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this
thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." So they
hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in
the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning
what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were
amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up
all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds
returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard
and seen, which were just as they had been told.