Luke 1:8-14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁸ Once when he was serving as priest before God during his section’s turn of duty,^{(A) 9} he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord to offer incense.^{(B) 10} Now at the time of the incense offering, the whole assembly of the people was praying outside.^{(C) 11} Then there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. ¹² When Zechariah saw him, he was terrified, and fear overwhelmed him. ¹³ But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.^{(D) 14} You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,^(E)