... Jesus" birth and events surrounding it as fulfillment of Jewish Scripture. In this section, Matthew makes a statement and then cites a passage of Scripture showing that Jesus fulfills prophecy in that citation. Matthew 1:23: "Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," quotes from Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the ... young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel." However, this citation from Isaiah is questionable in the context that Matthew uses it. Matthew changes "young woman"...

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... of Catholic teaching are drawn from the most recent official summary of Catholic belief, the Catechismus Ecclesiae Catholicae (Catechism of the Catholic Church). The numbers given in parentheses after each citation refer to paragraph numbers in the English version of that work: Catechism of the Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1994). Since the media has called so much attention ... ...

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