Luke 1:26-38
The Birth of
Jesus Foretold
26 In the
sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a
town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a
descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and
said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 Mary was
greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor
with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him
Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The
Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign
over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
34 “How will
this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel
answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High
will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[a] the Son of
God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age,
and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no
word from God will ever fail.”
38 “I am the
Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the
angel left her.
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