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Luke 1:30-41 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

30. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

31. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.

32. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,

33. and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

34. But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?”

35. And the angel said to her in reply, “The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

36. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;

37. for nothing will be impossible for God.”

38. Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

39. During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah,

40. where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

41. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit,

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