Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
But þe generacioun of Crist was thus. Whanne Marie, þe modir of Jhesu, was spousid to Joseph, bifore þei camen togidere, she was foundun hauynge of þe Hooli Goost in þe wombe.