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to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
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Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
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But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.
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“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
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“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
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Mary Visits Elizabeth
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea,
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When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
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Mary’s Song
And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord
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Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
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He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
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So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
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But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
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Jesus Presented in the Temple
When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
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The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him.
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Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
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There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,
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When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
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But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done,
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They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’
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and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;
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And they were all amazed at the greatness of God.
Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time
While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
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At the Home of Martha and Mary
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.
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She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.
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But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
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“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things,
