Luke 1

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

34 Ref And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

35 Ref And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

36 Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

37 Ref For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

38 Ref And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.

39 Ref Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)

34 Ref And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

35 Ref And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

36 And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.

37 Ref For no word from God shall be void of power.

38 Ref And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

39 Ref And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

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