New American Standard Bible 1995

Luke 1:25-38

25“ThisG3779 is the wayG3779 the LordG2962 has dealtG4160 with me in the daysG2250 whenG3739 He lookedG1896 with favor upon me, to 1takeG851 awayG851 my disgraceG3681 amongG1722 menG444.”

26NowG1161 in the sixthG1623 monthG3376 the angelG32 2GabrielG1043 was sentG649 from GodG2316 to a cityG4172 in GalileeG1056 calledG3686 3NazarethG3478, 27to 4a virginG3933 5engagedG3423 to a manG435 whoseG3739 nameG3686 was JosephG2501, 6of the 7descendantsG3624 of DavidG1160; and the virgin’sG3933 nameG3686 was 8MaryG3137. 28And comingG1525 in, he saidG3004 to her, “GreetingsG5463, 9favoredG5487 one! The LordG2962 10is with you.” 29But she 11was veryG1298 perplexedG1298 at this statementG3056, and kept ponderingG1260 whatG4217 kindG4217 of salutationG783 thisG3778 was. 30The angelG32 saidG3004 to her, “12Do not be afraidG5399, MaryG3137; for you have foundG2147 favorG5485 with GodG2316. 31And beholdG2400, you will conceiveG4815 in your wombG1064 and bearG5088 a sonG5207, and you 13shall nameG3686 Him JesusG2424. 32He will be greatG3173 and will be calledG2564 the SonG5207 of 14the MostG5310 HighG5310; and the LordG2962 GodG2316 will giveG1325 Him 15the throneG2362 of His fatherG3962 DavidG1160; 33 16and He will reignG936 overG1909 the houseG3624 of JacobG2384 foreverG165, 17and His kingdomG932 will have noG3756 endG5056.” 34MaryG3137 saidG3004 to the angelG32, “HowG4459 18can thisG3778 be, sinceG1893 I 19am a virginG435 G3756 G1097?” 35The angelG32 answeredG611 and saidG3004 to her, “20The HolyG40 SpiritG4151 will comeG1904 upon you, and the powerG1411 of 21the MostG5310 HighG5310 will overshadowG1982 you; and for that reasonG1352 22the 23holyG40 ChildG1080 shall be calledG2564 24the SonG5207 of GodG2316. 36And beholdG2400, evenG2532 your relativeG4773 ElizabethG1665 has alsoG2532 conceivedG4815 a sonG5207 in her oldG1094 ageG1094; and 25she who was calledG2564 barrenG4723 is now in her sixthG1623 monthG3376. 37For 26 27nothingG3756 G3956 G4487 will be impossibleG101 with GodG2316.” 38And MaryG3137 saidG3004, “BeholdG2400, the 28bondslaveG1401 of the LordG2962; may it be doneG1096 to me accordingG2596 to your wordG4487.” And the angelG32 departedG565 from her.

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Notes

1. Luke 1:25 Gen 30:23; Is 4:1; 25:8 ↩
2. Luke 1:26 Luke 1:19 ↩
3. Luke 1:26 Matt 2:23 ↩
4. Luke 1:27 Matt 1:18 ↩
5. Luke 1:27 Or betrothed; i.e. the first stage of marriage in Jewish culture, usually lasting for a year before the wedding night. More legal than engagement ↩
6. Luke 1:27 Matt 1:16, 20; Luke 2:4 ↩
7. Luke 1:27 Lit house ↩
8. Luke 1:27 Gr Mariam; i.e. Heb Miriam; so throughout Luke ↩
9. Luke 1:28 Or woman richly blessed ↩
10. Luke 1:28 Or be ↩
11. Luke 1:29 Luke 1:12 ↩
12. Luke 1:30 Matt 14:27; Luke 1:13 ↩
13. Luke 1:31 Is 7:14; Matt 1:21, 25; Luke 2:21 ↩
14. Luke 1:32 Mark 5:7; Luke 1:35, 76; 6:35; Acts 7:48 ↩
15. Luke 1:32 2 Sam 7:12, 13, 16; Is 9:7 ↩
16. Luke 1:33 Matt 1:1 ↩
17. Luke 1:33 2 Sam 7:13, 16; Ps 89:36, 37; Dan 2:44; 7:14, 18, 27; Matt 28:18 ↩
18. Luke 1:34 Lit will ↩
19. Luke 1:34 Lit know no man ↩
20. Luke 1:35 Matt 1:18 ↩
21. Luke 1:35 Luke 1:32 ↩
22. Luke 1:35 Mark 1:24 ↩
23. Luke 1:35 Lit the holy thing begotten ↩
24. Luke 1:35 Matt 4:3; John 1:34, 49; 20:31 ↩
25. Luke 1:36 Lit this is the sixth month to her who ↩
26. Luke 1:37 Lit not any word ↩
27. Luke 1:37 Gen 18:14; Jer 32:17; Matt 19:26 ↩
28. Luke 1:38 I.e. female slave ↩

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