Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 1:34 in context
Luke 1:31–37
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Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’
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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,
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and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”
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Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
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The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
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Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
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For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”
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