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So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,

And the angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,

And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

For with God nothing will be impossible."

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people,

through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!"

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.