(Luke 1:26-38)
26In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to
Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27to a virgin pledged to
be married to a man named Joseph, 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, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31You will
be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the
name Jesus. 32He 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, 33and he will reign over the house of
Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”
34“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am
a virgin?”
35The
angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power
of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born
will be called the Son of God. 36Even Elizabeth your
relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was
said to be barren is in her sixth month. 37For nothing
is impossible with God.”
38“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be
to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.
