¹⁶ And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant.

²⁸ Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words?

¹⁰ And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

¹⁸ And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

¹⁹ And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

²⁰ Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

¹³ But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

¹¹ Though I said in my fear, All men are false.

¹⁰ And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.

¹¹ But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well.

¹⁹ Now the men of the town said to Elisha, You see that the position of this town is good; but the water is bad, causing the young of the cattle to come to birth dead.

⁹ And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?

¹⁸ And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

¹² And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

¹³ And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

¹⁴ Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

¹⁵ Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.

²¹ But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

¹⁶ And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

¹⁷ Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

³⁰ And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

³¹ And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.