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

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?

⁶ As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.

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

⁶ And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.

⁷ And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.

² Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.

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.

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

³⁵ 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.

³³ But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

¹¹ And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

¹² So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.