The Birth of Jesus from Mary’s Perspective

Luke 1:26-38

²⁶In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,²⁷to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.²⁸The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

²⁹Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.³⁰But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.³¹You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.³²He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,³³and he will reign over Jacob’s descenda [...]