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26 Now in the sixth month [after that], the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth,

27 To a girl never having been married and a [a]virgin engaged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

28 And he came to her and said, Hail, O favored one [[b]endued with grace]! The Lord is with you! [c]Blessed (favored of God) are you before all other women!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:27 This Greek word parthenos (virgin) is used in Isa. 7:14 in The Septuagint, the Greek Old Testament translation which Jesus read and quoted.
  2. Luke 1:28 Literal translation.
  3. Luke 1:28 Some manuscripts do not contain this phrase.

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