⁴⁴ David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

¹⁶ “I, Jesus,^(A) have sent my angel^(B) to give you^[a] this testimony for the churches.^(C) I am the Root^(D) and the Offspring of David,^(E) and the bright Morning Star.”^(F)

¹⁶ Beyond all question, the mystery^(A) from which true godliness^(B) springs is great:

⁴ But when the set time had fully come,^(A) God sent his Son,^(B) born of a woman,^(C) born under the law,^(D)

⁵ Theirs are the patriarchs,^(A) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,^(B) who is God over all,^(C) forever praised!^[a](D) Amen.

¹¹ Today in the town of David a Savior^(A) has been born to you; he is the Messiah,^(B) the Lord.^(C)

³¹ You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.^{(A) 32} He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.^(B) The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,^{(C) 33} and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom^(D) will never end.”^(E)

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,^(F) and the power of the Most High^(G) will overshadow you. So the holy one^(H) to be born will be called^[a] the Son of God.^(I)

²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^[a](A) (which means “God with us”).

¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself will give you^[a] a sign:^(A) The virgin^[b](B) will conceive and give birth to a son,^(C) and^[c] will call him Immanuel.^[d](D)