34 Mary said to the angel, “How [a]can this be, since I [b]am a virgin?” 35 The angel answered and said to her, “(A)The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of (B)the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason (C)the [c]holy Child shall be called (D)the Son of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:34 Lit will
  2. Luke 1:34 Lit know no man
  3. Luke 1:35 Lit the holy thing begotten

34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

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34 And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

35 And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

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