The Birth of the King

This is the Christmas story as the Gospels tell it, taken from the opening of Behold Your King, our chronological reading of the four Gospels. John begins before the beginning; Matthew and Luke each tell of the birth. Here their accounts are set in the order the events happened, each one kept whole. Where two Gospels tell the same moment, both tellings are printed in full. Nothing is merged, shortened or added.

Read it straight through on Christmas Eve, or a little at a time through Advent with the readings below. Every reading is a tap away from the contents page.

Readings for Advent and Christmas

• The Word became flesh · John 1:1-18First Sunday of Advent
• A promise to Zechariah · Luke 1:1-25Second Sunday of Advent
• A promise to Mary · Luke 1:26-56Third Sunday of Advent
• John is born · Luke 1:57-80Fourth Sunday of Advent
• The birth of Jesus · Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-7Christmas Eve
• The shepherds · Luke 2:8-20Christmas Day
• Simeon and Anna · Luke 2:21-40First Sunday after Christmas
• The Magi · Matthew 2:1-12Epiphany, 6 January

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