Luke 1:16-40

¹⁶And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord their God.

¹⁷And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.

¹⁸And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

¹⁹And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.

²⁰And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

²¹And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marvelled while he tarried in the temple.

²²And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: and he continued making signs unto them, and remained dumb.

²³And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were fulfilled, he departed unto his house.

²⁴And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying,

²⁵Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.

²⁶Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

²⁷to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

²⁸And he came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee.

²⁹But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this might be.

³⁰And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God.

³¹And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

³²He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

³³and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

³⁴And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

³⁵And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

³⁶And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.

³⁷For no word from God shall be void of power.

³⁸And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

³⁹And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

⁴⁰and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth.