LUKE 1:26-38 In
the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in
Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a
descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her
and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Mary
was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting
this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you
have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a
son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He 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, and he will reign over the house of Jacob
forever; his kingdom will never end.”
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The
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. Even 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. For nothing is impossible with God.”
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.
