Then the women remembered his words,

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

“Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.

Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.

But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean.

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum.

Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.

So Mary said, “Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

Simon answered, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will lower the nets.”

But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”

When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us.”