25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me, in the days wherein he looked on me, to take from me my rebuke among men.

26 [a]And in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

27 (A)To a virgin affianced to a man whose name was Joseph, of the [b]house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:26 The Angel serving the Lord which should be born, is sent to the virgin Mary, in whom the Son of the most high promised to David, is conceived by the virtue of the holy Ghost.
  2. Luke 1:27 As much is to be said of Mary, otherwise Christ had not been of the stock, not the son of David.

25 “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace(A) among the people.”

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel(B) to Nazareth,(C) a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph,(D) a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

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