They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

The inscription of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.”

She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.

And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.

And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.

Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

The angel came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”

And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name;

Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

But his mother replied, “No! He must be named John.”

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,

For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant –

in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.

and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said.