Luke 1:31-45

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³¹And behold, ^(A)you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and ^(B)you shall call his name Jesus. ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of ^(C)the Most High. And the Lord God ^(D)will give to him the throne of ^(E)his father David, ³³and he will reign over the house of Jacob ^(F)forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

³⁴And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”^[a]

³⁵And the angel answered her, ^(G)“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of ^(H)the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born^[b] will be called ^(I)holy—^(J)the Son of God. ³⁶And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her ^(K)who was called barren. ³⁷For ^(L)nothing will be impossible with God.” ³⁸And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant^[c] of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And ^(M)the angel departed from her.

Mary Visits Elizabeth

³⁹In those days Mary arose and went with haste into ^(N)the hill country, to a town in Judah, ⁴⁰and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth ^(O)was filled with the Holy Spirit, ⁴²and she exclaimed with a loud cry, ^(P)“Blessed are you among women, and ^(Q)blessed is ^(R)the fruit of your womb! ⁴³And why is this granted to me that the mother of ^(S)my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. ⁴⁵And ^(T)blessed is she who believed that there would be^[d] a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”

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Footnotes

Luke 1:34 Greek since I do not know a man
Luke 1:35 Some manuscripts add of you
Luke 1:38 Greek bondservant; also verse 48
Luke 1:45 Or believed, for there will be

Isaiah 9:1-7

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For to Us a Child Is Born

9 ^[a] But there will be no ^(A)gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he ^(B)brought into contempt the land of ^(C)Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he ^(D)has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.^[b]

²^[c] ^(E)The people ^(F)who walked in darkness
    have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of ^(G)deep darkness,
    on them has light shone.
³^(H)You have multiplied the nation;
    you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
    as with ^(I)joy at the harvest,
    as they ^(J)are glad ^(K)when they divide the spoil.
⁴^(L)For the yoke of his burden,
    ^(M)and the staff for his shoulder,
    the rod of his oppressor,
    you have broken as ^(N)on the day of Midian.
⁵^(O)For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult
    and every garment rolled in blood
    will be burned as fuel for the fire.
⁶^(P)For to us a child is born,
    to us ^(Q)a son is given;
^(R)and the government shall be ^(S)upon^[d] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called^[e]
Wonderful ^(T)Counselor, ^(U)Mighty God,
    ^(V)Everlasting ^(W)Father, Prince of ^(X)Peace.
⁷Of the increase of his government and of peace
    ^(Y)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
    to establish it and to uphold it
^(Z)with justice and with righteousness
    from this time forth and forevermore.
^(AA)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.