Luke 1:26-38 ©
The
angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a
virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the
virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, so highly
favoured! The Lord is with you.’ She was deeply disturbed by these words
and asked herself what this greeting could mean, but the angel said to
her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God’s favour. Listen! You are
to conceive and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be
great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give
him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of
Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel,
‘But how can this come about, since I am a virgin?’ ‘The Holy Spirit
will come upon you’ the angel answered ‘and the power of the Most High
will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will
be called Son of God. Know this too: your kinswoman Elizabeth has, in
her old age, herself conceived a son, and she whom people called barren
is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.’ ‘I am the
handmaid of the Lord,’ said Mary ‘let what you have said be done to me.’
And the angel left her.
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