<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Mary was a 1st - century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran . </P> <P> The gospels of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament and the Quran describe Mary as a virgin; according to Christian teaching she conceived Jesus while a virgin, through the Holy Spirit . The miraculous conception took place when she was already betrothed to Joseph . She accompanied Joseph to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born . </P>

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