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- In the sixth month of
Elizabeth's pregnancy,

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God sent the angel Gabriel to
Nazareth, a town in Galilee.

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To a virgin, pledged to
be married to a man named

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Joseph, a descendant of David.

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The virgin's name was Mary.

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The angel went to her
and said, "Greetings,"

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"you who are highly favoured."
"The Lord is with you."

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Mary was greatly
troubled at his words,

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and wondered what kind of
greeting this might be.

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But the angel said to her,
"Do not be afraid, Mary;"

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"you have found favour with
God." "You will conceive,

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and give birth to a son," "and
you are to call him Jesus."

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"He will be great, and will be
called" "the Son of the Most

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High." "The Lord
God will give him

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the throne of his
father, David,"

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"and he will reign over
Jacob's descendants forever;"

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"his kingdom will never end."

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"How will this be?"

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Mary asked the angel,
"since I am a virgin?"

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The angel answered, "The Holy
Spirit will come on you,"

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"and the power of the Most
High will overshadow you."

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"So the holy one to be born
will be called the Son of God."

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"Even Elizabeth your
relative is going"

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"to have a child in
her old age," "and she

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who was said to be
unable to conceive"

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"is in her sixth month." "For no
word from God will ever fail."

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"I am the Lord's
servant," Mary answered.

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"May your word to
me be fulfilled."

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Then the angel left her.

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In those days, Caesar
Augustus issued a decree

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that a census should be taken
of the entire Roman world.

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(This was the first
census that took place

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while Quirinius was governor
of Syria.) And everyone went

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to their own town to register.

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So Joseph also went up from
the town of Nazareth in Galilee

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to Judea, to Bethlehem
the town of David,

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because he belonged to the
house and line of David.

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He went there to
register with Mary,

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who was pledged to be married to
him and was expecting a child.

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While they were there, the time
came for the baby to be born.

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[SCREAMS]

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And she gave birth to
her firstborn, a son.

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She wrapped him in
cloths and placed him

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in a manger, because
there was no guest room

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available for them.

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And there were shepherds
living out in the fields

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nearby, keeping watch over
their flocks at night.

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An angel of the Lord appeared to
them, and the glory of the Lord

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shone around them, and
they were terrified.

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But the angel said to
them, "Do not be afraid."

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"I bring you good
news that will cause"

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"great joy for all the people."

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"Today in the town of David a
Saviour has been born to you;"

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"he is the Messiah, the Lord."
"This will be a sign to you:"

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"You will find a baby wrapped in
cloths and lying in a manger."

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Suddenly a great company of
the heavenly host appeared with

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the angel, praising
God and saying,

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"Glory to God in the highest
heaven, and on earth"

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"peace to those on
whom his favour rests."

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When the angels had left
them and gone into heaven,

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the shepherds said
to one another,

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"Let's go to Bethlehem" "and see
this thing that has happened,"

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"which the Lord
has told us about."

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So they hurried off, and found
Mary and Joseph, and the baby,

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who was lying in the manger.

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When they had seen
him, they spread

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the word concerning
what had been told them

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about this child,
and all who heard

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it were amazed at what the
shepherds said to them.

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But Mary treasured
up all these things

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and pondered them in her heart.

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The shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising

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God for all the things
they had heard and seen,

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which were just as
they had been told.

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On the eighth day, when it was
time to circumcise the child,

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he was named Jesus, the
name the angel had given him

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before he was conceived.

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