²⁶Six months after Elizabeth had become pregnant, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a city in Galilee. ²⁷The angel went to a virgin promised in marriage to a descendant of David named Joseph. The virgin’s name was Mary.

²⁸When the angel entered her home, he greeted her and said, “You are favored by the Lord! The Lord is with you.”

²⁹She was startled by what the angel said and tried to figure out what this greeting meant.

³⁰The angel told her,

“Don’t be afraid, Mary. You have found favor^awith God.

³¹You will become pregnant, give birth to a son,

and name him Jesus.

³²He will be a great man

and will be called the Son of the Most High.

The Lord God will give him

the throne of his ancestor David.

³³Your son will be king of Jacob’s people forever,

and his kingdom will never end.”

³⁴Mary asked the angel, “How can this be? I’m a virgin.”

³⁵The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come to you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy child developing inside you will be called the Son of God.

³⁶“Elizabeth, your relative, is six months pregnant with a son in her old age. People said she couldn’t have a child. ³⁷But nothing is impossible for God.”

³⁸Mary answered, “I am the Lord’s servant. Let everything you’ve said happen to me.”

Then the angel left her.

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Luke 1:32: He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David …

Footnotes

a 1:30 Or “grace.”