25 “This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me, to (A)take away my disgrace among people.”

Jesus’ Birth Foretold

26 Now in the sixth month the angel (B)Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named (C)Nazareth, 27 to (D)a virgin [a]betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, (E)of the [b]descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was [c]Mary.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:27 Unlike engagement, a betrothed couple was considered married, but did not yet live together
  2. Luke 1:27 Lit house
  3. Luke 1:27 Gr Mariam, Heb Miriam; so throughout Luke

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