^3 (A)And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.

¹³ But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for ^(A)your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and ^(B)you shall call his name John.

¹¹ And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of ^(A)the altar of incense.

⁸ Then Manoah prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us and teach us what we are to do with the child who will be born.”

The Call of Gideon

¹¹ Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash ^(A)the Abiezrite, while his son ^(B)Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. ¹² And ^(C)the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, ^(D)“The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

Israel's Disobedience

2 Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to ^(A)Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to give to your fathers. I said, ^(B)‘I will never break my covenant with you,

²⁸ And he came to her and said, “Greetings, ^(A)O favored one, ^(B)the Lord is with you!”^{[a] 29} But ^(C)she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. ³⁰ And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for ^(D)you have found favor with God. ³¹ And behold, ^(E)you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and ^(F)you shall call his name Jesus. ³² He will be great and will be called the Son of ^(G)the Most High. And the Lord God ^(H)will give to him the throne of ^(I)his father David, ³³ and he will reign over the house of Jacob ^(J)forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

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

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

¹⁶ And he said, “At this season, ^(A)about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, ^(B)O man of God; ^(C)do not lie to your servant.”

¹⁰ The Lord said, “I will surely return to you ^(A)about this time next year, and ^(B)Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.