²⁶In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel^h to Nazareth,ⁱ a town in Galilee, ²⁷to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph,^j a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

²⁹Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,^k Mary; you have found favor with God.^l ³¹You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.^m ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.ⁿ The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,^o ³³and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom^p will never end.”^q

³⁴“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

³⁵The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you,^r and the power of the Most High^s will overshadow you. So the holy one^t to be born will be called^b the Son of God.^u ³⁶Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child^v in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. ³⁷For no word from God will ever fail.”^w

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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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

bOr So the child to be born will be called holy,

Cross references

hSee ver 19
iSee Mt 2:23
j Mt 1:16, 18, 20; Lk 2:4
kver 13; See Mt 14:27
l Ge 6:8
m Isa 7:14; Mt 1:21, 25; Lk 2:21
nver 35, 76; See Mk 5:7
oSee Mt 1:1
p Mt 28:18
q 2 Sa 7:16; Ps 89:3, 4; Isa 9:7; Jer 33:17; Da 2:44; 7:14, 27; Mic 4:7; Heb 1:8
r Mt 1:18
sver 32, 76; See Mk 5:7
tSee Mk 1:24
uSee Mt 4:3
vver 24
wSee Mt 19:26