⁹ “Where is your wife Sarah?”^(A) they asked him.

“There, in the tent,^(B)” he said.

¹⁰ Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,^(C) and Sarah your wife will have a son.”^(D)

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. ¹¹ Abraham and Sarah were already very old,^(E) and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.^{(F) 12} So Sarah laughed^(G) to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord^(H) is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

¹³ Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’^{(I) 14} Is anything too hard for the Lord?^(J) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,^(K) and Sarah will have a son.”^(L)

⁷ But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

⁸ Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,^{(A) 9} he was chosen by lot,^(B) according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.^{(C) 10} And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.^(D)

¹¹ Then an angel^(E) of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.^{(F) 12} When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.^{(G) 13} But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid,^(H) Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.^(I)