Luke 1:25-29

“This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me, to take away my disgrace among people.” Jesus’ Birth Foretold

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

to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

And coming in, he said to her, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”

But she was very perplexed at this statement, and was pondering what kind of greeting this was.