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34 And Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I have no [intimacy with any man as a] husband?

35 Then the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a shining cloud]; and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God.(A)

36 And listen! Your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is now the sixth month with her who was called barren.

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

35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you,(A) and the power of the Most High(B) will overshadow you. So the holy one(C) to be born will be called[a] the Son of God.(D) 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child(E) in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.

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  1. Luke 1:35 Or So the child to be born will be called holy,

34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I [a]do not know a man?”

35 And the angel answered and said to her, (A)The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called (B)the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.

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  1. Luke 1:34 Am a virgin

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

35 And the angel answered her, (A)“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of (B)the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born[b] will be called (C)holy—(D)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 (E)who was called barren.

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  1. Luke 1:34 Greek since I do not know a man
  2. Luke 1:35 Some manuscripts add of you