25. “Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”
26. In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named 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 he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”
29. But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
30. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.