Isaiah 7:10-14

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¹⁰Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, ¹¹“Ask the Lord your God for a sign,^(A) whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.^(B)”

¹²But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.^(C)”

¹³Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!^(D) Is it not enough^(E) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience^(F) of my God^(G) also? ¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself will give you^[a] a sign:^(H) The virgin^[b]^(I) will conceive and give birth to a son,^(J) and^[c] will call him Immanuel.^[d]^(K)

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Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.

Psalm 40:5-10

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⁵Many, Lord my God,
    are the wonders^(A) you have done,
    the things you planned for us.
None can compare^(B) with you;
    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
    they would be too many^(C) to declare.

⁶Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—^(D)
    but my ears you have opened^[a]—^(E)
    burnt offerings^(F) and sin offerings^[b] you did not require.
⁷Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
    it is written about me in the scroll.^[c]^(G)
⁸I desire to do your will,^(H) my God;^(I)
    your law is within my heart.”^(J)

⁹I proclaim your saving acts^(K) in the great assembly;^(L)
    I do not seal my lips, Lord,
    as you know.^(M)
¹⁰I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
    I speak of your faithfulness^(N) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
    from the great assembly.^(O)

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Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings
Psalm 40:7 Or come / with the scroll written for me

Luke 1:26-38

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The Birth of Jesus Foretold

²⁶In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel^(A) to Nazareth,^(B) a town in Galilee, ²⁷to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph,^(C) a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

²⁹Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,^(D) Mary; you have found favor with God.^(E) ³¹You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.^(F) ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.^(G) The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,^(H) ³³and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom^(I) will never end.”^(J)

³⁴“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

³⁵The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you,^(K) and the power of the Most High^(L) will overshadow you. So the holy one^(M) to be born will be called^[a] the Son of God.^(N) ³⁶Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child^(O) in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. ³⁷For no word from God will ever fail.”^(P)