The time for the birth of the Child draws near when an announce-ment comes about a tax. Joseph and Mary must travel to Bethlehem to pay the tax, and there the Child is born just as the prophets foretold.

Mary tells Joseph of her pregnancy but he does not believer her story until an angel appears to him in a dream telling him about the miraculous Child.

An angel appears with astonishing news to a young virgin in Galilee. She will supernaturally conceive and give birth to the Messiah.

It all started in the hill country of Judea with an old priest named Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth. They loved God but missed one thing in life. They had no child.

As he was dying on the cross, Jesus made several statements that were spiritually significant and life-changing for all who would listen.

Multitudes follow Jesus, but do they understand his mission? To test their insight, Jesus tells parables, and he begins with a parable about a farmer planting crops.