Jesus Is Born!

By Jennifer Maddy

This image is panel 1 Illustrate 7 panels, depicting the Savior’s birth. Panel 1: An angel talking to Mary. The angel talking. A “thought bubble” shows the baby Jesus, or Mary holding Him. Panel 2: Joseph working as a carpenter. Panel 3: Joseph and a pregnant Mary traveling on the road. Panel 4: Mary and Joseph in the stable. Mary is resting and Joseph is gathering hay or getting the manger ready. A few stable animals are nearby. Panel 5: An angel (male) visiting the shepherds and pointing toward Bethlehem in the distance. (Both male and female angels may be portrayed in the host of angels.) Panel 6: Mary, Joseph, and the baby. Shepherds are standing and kneeling around. Everyone looks happy. A star shines in the sky. Panel 7: Modern day, a child gazing happily at a nativity scene at home or looking at a nativity display outside.

Long ago, an angel named Gabriel came to a young woman named Mary. The angel told Mary she would have a baby. The baby would be Jesus Christ, the Son of God!

This images is panel 2 Illustrate 7 panels, depicting the Savior’s birth. Panel 1: An angel talking to Mary. The angel talking. A “thought bubble” shows the baby Jesus, or Mary holding Him. Panel 2: Joseph working as a carpenter. Panel 3: Joseph and a pregnant Mary traveling on the road. Panel 4: Mary and Joseph in the stable. Mary is resting and Joseph is gathering hay or getting the manger ready. A few stable animals are nearby. Panel 5: An angel (male) visiting the shepherds and pointing toward Bethlehem in the distance. (Both male and female angels may be portrayed in the host of angels.) Panel 6: Mary, Joseph, and the baby. Shepherds are standing and kneeling around. Everyone looks happy. A star shines in the sky. Panel 7: Modern day, a child gazing happily at a nativity scene at home or looking at a nativity display outside.

Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man. He was a carpenter.

This image is panel 3 Illustrate 7 panels, depicting the Savior’s birth. Panel 1: An angel talking to Mary. The angel talking. A “thought bubble” shows the baby Jesus, or Mary holding Him. Panel 2: Joseph working as a carpenter. Panel 3: Joseph and a pregnant Mary traveling on the road. Panel 4: Mary and Joseph in the stable. Mary is resting and Joseph is gathering hay or getting the manger ready. A few stable animals are nearby. Panel 5: An angel (male) visiting the shepherds and pointing toward Bethlehem in the distance. (Both male and female angels may be portrayed in the host of angels.) Panel 6: Mary, Joseph, and the baby. Shepherds are standing and kneeling around. Everyone looks happy. A star shines in the sky. Panel 7: Modern day, a child gazing happily at a nativity scene at home or looking at a nativity display outside.

Joseph and Mary went to the city of Bethlehem.

This image is panel 4 Illustrate 7 panels, depicting the Savior’s birth. Panel 1: An angel talking to Mary. The angel talking. A “thought bubble” shows the baby Jesus, or Mary holding Him. Panel 2: Joseph working as a carpenter. Panel 3: Joseph and a pregnant Mary traveling on the road. Panel 4: Mary and Joseph in the stable. Mary is resting and Joseph is gathering hay or getting the manger ready. A few stable animals are nearby. Panel 5: An angel (male) visiting the shepherds and pointing toward Bethlehem in the distance. (Both male and female angels may be portrayed in the host of angels.) Panel 6: Mary, Joseph, and the baby. Shepherds are standing and kneeling around. Everyone looks happy. A star shines in the sky. Panel 7: Modern day, a child gazing happily at a nativity scene at home or looking at a nativity display outside.

It was time for Mary to have her baby! Joseph and Mary found a stable to stay in.

This image is panel 5 Illustrate 7 panels, depicting the Savior’s birth. Panel 1: An angel talking to Mary. The angel talking. A “thought bubble” shows the baby Jesus, or Mary holding Him. Panel 2: Joseph working as a carpenter. Panel 3: Joseph and a pregnant Mary traveling on the road. Panel 4: Mary and Joseph in the stable. Mary is resting and Joseph is gathering hay or getting the manger ready. A few stable animals are nearby. Panel 5: An angel (male) visiting the shepherds and pointing toward Bethlehem in the distance. (Both male and female angels may be portrayed in the host of angels.) Panel 6: Mary, Joseph, and the baby. Shepherds are standing and kneeling around. Everyone looks happy. A star shines in the sky. Panel 7: Modern day, a child gazing happily at a nativity scene at home or looking at a nativity display outside.

An angel told shepherds about the new baby. The shepherds ran to see Him.

This image is panel 6 Illustrate 7 panels, depicting the Savior’s birth. Panel 1: An angel talking to Mary. The angel talking. A “thought bubble” shows the baby Jesus, or Mary holding Him. Panel 2: Joseph working as a carpenter. Panel 3: Joseph and a pregnant Mary traveling on the road. Panel 4: Mary and Joseph in the stable. Mary is resting and Joseph is gathering hay or getting the manger ready. A few stable animals are nearby. Panel 5: An angel (male) visiting the shepherds and pointing toward Bethlehem in the distance. (Both male and female angels may be portrayed in the host of angels.) Panel 6: Mary, Joseph, and the baby. Shepherds are standing and kneeling around. Everyone looks happy. A star shines in the sky. Panel 7: Modern day, a child gazing happily at a nativity scene at home or looking at a nativity display outside.

A bright star shone in the sky. The shepherds were so happy to see baby Jesus.

This image is panel 7 Illustrate 7 panels, depicting the Savior’s birth. Panel 1: An angel talking to Mary. The angel talking. A “thought bubble” shows the baby Jesus, or Mary holding Him. Panel 2: Joseph working as a carpenter. Panel 3: Joseph and a pregnant Mary traveling on the road. Panel 4: Mary and Joseph in the stable. Mary is resting and Joseph is gathering hay or getting the manger ready. A few stable animals are nearby. Panel 5: An angel (male) visiting the shepherds and pointing toward Bethlehem in the distance. (Both male and female angels may be portrayed in the host of angels.) Panel 6: Mary, Joseph, and the baby. Shepherds are standing and kneeling around. Everyone looks happy. A star shines in the sky. Panel 7: Modern day, a child gazing happily at a nativity scene at home or looking at a nativity display outside.

At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!

You can read this story in Luke 1:26–31; 2:1–20.

Illustrations by Corey Egbert