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.

³¹ and said, ‘Cornelius, ^(A)your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.

^21 (A)Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. ^(B)And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.

²¹ And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And ^(A)the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

²¹ And ^(A)at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, ^(B)he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

^14 (A)Is anything too hard^[a] for the Lord? ^(B)At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”