31. And listen! You will become pregnant and will give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus.
32. He will be great (eminent) and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His forefather David,
33. And He will reign over the house of Jacob throughout the ages; and of His reign there will be no end. [Isa. 9:6, 7; Dan. 2:44.]
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. [Exod. 40:34; Isa. 7:14.]
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.
37. For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.
38. Then Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what you have said. And the angel left her.
39. And at that time Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country to a town of Judah,
40. And she went to the house of Zachariah and, entering it, saluted Elizabeth.