20. And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”
21. And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and began to wonder when he was delayed in the temple.
22. And when he came out he was not able to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them, and remained unable to speak.
23. And it happened that when the days of his service came to an end, he went away to his home.
24. Now after these days, his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,
25. “Thus the Lord has done for me in the days in which he has concerned himself with me, to take away my disgrace among people.”
26. Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth,
27. to a virgin legally promised in marriage to a man named Joseph of the house of David. And the name of the virgin was Mary.
28. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”
29. But she was greatly perplexed at the statement, and was pondering 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.