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Luke - ch 1 v 21 - 40
- And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondering at his tarrying in the sanctuary,
- and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.
- And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went away to his house,
- and after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying --
- `Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon `me', to take away my reproach among men.'
- And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which `is' Nazareth,
- to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name `is' Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin `is' Mary.
- And the messenger having come in unto her, said, `Hail, favoured one, the Lord `is' with thee; blessed `art' thou among women;'
- and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.
- And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;
- and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;
- he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,
- and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'
- And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'
- And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;
- and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;
- because nothing shall be impossible with God.'
- And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.
- And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,
- and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
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