Jesus

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us

deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.

After they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him.

When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.

And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,

Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:

“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.