Christ’s Birth Announced to Mary

²⁶ Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, ²⁷ to a virgin ^(A)betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

³⁰ Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found ^(A)favor with God. ^31 (B)And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and ^(C)shall call His name Jesus.