Luke 1:18-30

¹⁸And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

¹⁹And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

²⁰Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

²¹And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

²²And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

²³And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

²⁴After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

²⁵The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

²⁶Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,

²⁷To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

²⁸And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

²⁹But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?

³⁰And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.