⁷ And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

⁴ But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

¹⁴ And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

⁹ For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

²⁵ And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

² For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;

³ Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.

¹¹ For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

¹² And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

²⁰ And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

¹⁴ For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.

²⁴ Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.

³⁴ And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.

⁵⁵ Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.