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Continence: Joseph Genesis 39:7–12

and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” / But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. / No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

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Continence: Joseph, Husband of Mary Matthew 1:24, 25

When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and embraced Mary as his wife. / But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.

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