Luke 1:26-38, Luke 1:67-79 - ESV Online

LUKE 1:26-38

Birth of Jesus Foretold

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. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
35 And the angel answered her, “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, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.” 38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

LUKE 1:67-79

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Zechariah’s Prophecy

67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
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“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

for he has visited and redeemed his people 69

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us

in the house of his servant David, 70

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, 71

that we should be saved from our enemies

and from the hand of all who hate us; 72

to show the mercy promised to our fathers

and to remember his holy covenant, 73

the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us 74

that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,

might serve him without fear, 75

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;

for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 77

to give knowledge of salvation to his people

in the forgiveness of their sins, 78

because of the tender mercy of our God,

whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high 79

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

to guide our feet into the way of peace.”