19. And the angel answering, said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;
20. and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.
21. And the people were awaiting Zacharias, and they wondered at his delaying in the temple.
22. But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and continued dumb.
23. And it came to pass, when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his house.
24. Now after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
25. Thus has the Lord done to me in these days in which he looked upon me to take away my reproach among men.
26. But in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent of God to a city of Galilee, of which the name was Nazareth,
27. to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28. And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, thou favoured one! the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women.
29. But she, seeing the angel, was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.