²³ If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

⁷ Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.