⁷ And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

⁴ but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

²⁵ and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.

² For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

³ He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.

¹¹ for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.

¹² And this `is' the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.

²⁰ And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven `have' nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

²⁴ And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.

³⁴ and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on `them' oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

⁶ But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.