The Jesse Tree ~ December 14: Joseph

Symbols: hammer, saw, chisel, angle

Mark 1:18-25
¹⁸ This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.¹⁹ Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.²⁰ He had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.

²¹ She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.’ ²²Now all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: ²³Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means ‘God-is-with-us’. ²⁴When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home; ²⁵he had not had intercourse with her when she gave birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.