30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,(A) Mary; you have found favor with God.(B) 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.(C) 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.(D) The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,(E) 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom(F) will never end.”(G)

34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you,(H) and the power of the Most High(I) will overshadow you. So the holy one(J) to be born will be called[a] the Son of God.(K)

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  1. Luke 1:35 Or So the child to be born will be called holy,

30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found (A)favor with God. 31 (B)And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and (C)shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, (D)and will be called the Son of the Highest; and (E)the Lord God will give Him the (F)throne of His (G)father David. 33 (H)And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”

34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I [a]do not know a man?”

35 And the angel answered and said to her, (I)The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called (J)the Son of God.

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  1. Luke 1:34 Am a virgin