Luke 1:21–37

²¹And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in ^sthe temple. ²²And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in ^sthe temple. And ^the kept making signs to them and remained mute. ²³And ^uwhen his time of ^vservice was ended, he went to his home.

²⁴After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying, ²⁵“Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, ^wto take away my reproach among people.”

Birth of Jesus Foretold

²⁶In the sixth month the angel ^xGabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named ^yNazareth, ^27zto a virgin betrothed² to a man whose name was Joseph, ^aof the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸And he came to her and said, “Greetings, ^bO favored one, ^cthe Lord is with you!”^{3 29}But ^dshe was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. ³⁰And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for ^eyou have found favor with God. ³¹And behold, ^fyou will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and ^gyou shall call his name Jesus. ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of ^hthe Most High. And the Lord God ⁱwill give to him the throne of ^jhis father David, ³³and he will reign over the house of Jacob ^kforever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

³⁴And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”⁴

³⁵And the angel answered her, ^l“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of ^hthe Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born⁵ will be called ^mholy—ⁿthe Son of God. ³⁶And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her ^owho was called barren. ³⁷For ^pnothing will be impossible with God.”