22. When Zechariah came outside, he could not speak to them, and they knew he had seen a vision in the Temple. He could only make signs to them and remained unable to speak.
23. When his time of service at the Temple was finished, he went home.
24. Later, Zechariah’s wife, Elizabeth, became pregnant and did not go out of her house for five months. Elizabeth said,
25. “Look what the Lord has done for me! My people were ashamed of me, but now the Lord has taken away that shame.”
26. During Elizabeth’s sixth month of pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,
27. to a virgin. She was engaged to marry a man named Joseph from the family of David. Her name was Mary.
28. The angel came to her and said, “Greetings! The Lord has blessed you and is with you.”
29. But Mary was very startled by what the angel said and wondered what this greeting might mean.
30. The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary; God has shown you his grace.
31. Listen! You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.
32. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of King David, his ancestor.
33. He will rule over the people of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.”