إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا 18-11:7
كَانَ اليَهُودُ يَطْلُبُونَ يَسُوعَ في العِيد، ويَقُولُون: أَيْنَ هُوَ ذَاك؟
وكَانَ في الجَمْعِ تَهَامُسٌ كَثِيرٌ في شَأْنِهِ. كَانَ بَعْضُهُم يَقُول: «إِنَّهُ صَالِح»، وآخَرُونَ يَقُولُون: لا، بَلْ هُوَ يُضَلِّلُ الجَمْع
ومَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَتَكَلَّمُ عَنْهُ عَلَنًا، خَوْفًا مِنَ اليَهُود
وفي مُنْتَصَفِ أيَّامِ العِيد، صَعِدَ يَسُوعُ إِلى الهَيْكَل، وأَخَذَ يُعَلِّم
وكَانَ اليَهُودُ يَتَعَجَّبُونَ قَائِلين: كَيْفَ يَعْرِفُ الكُتُب، وهُوَ مَا تَعَلَّم؟
فَأَجَابَهُم يَسُوعُ وقَال: لَيْسَ التَّعْلِيمُ تَعْلِيمي، بَلْ تَعْلِيمُ مَنْ أَرْسَلَنِي
مَنْ يَشَاءُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ مَشِيئَةَ مَنْ أَرْسَلَنِي يَعْرِفُ هَلْ هذَا التَّعْلِيمُ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الله، أَمْ أَنِّي مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِي أَتَكَلَّم
مَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِهِ يَطْلُبُ مَجْدَ نَفْسِهِ. ومَنْ يَطْلُبُ مَجْدَ مَنْ أَرْسَلَهُ فَهُوَ صَادِقٌ لا ظُلْمَ فِيه
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 1:18-24.
Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the holy Spirit.
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.”
When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.