²⁸ And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

¹⁰ For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.

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

¹² And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.

⁶ To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

²⁷ And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.

²⁸ But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

⁴² And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

⁴⁸ But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

² O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.

¹⁹ Then he said, It is clear to you why I have come to you. And now I will give you an account of what is recorded in the true writings:

²¹ Even while I was still in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at first when my weariness was great, put his hand on me about the time of the evening offering.

²² And teaching me and talking to me he said, O Daniel, I have come now to give you wisdom.

²³ At the first word of your prayer a word went out, and I have come to give you knowledge; for you are a man dearly loved: so give thought to the word and let the vision be clear to you.

¹⁸ For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

¹⁹ They will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.

⁵ Have no fear, for I am with you: I will take your seed from the east, and get you together from the west;

²⁹ Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them.

³⁰ Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

³¹ Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.

²⁴ Blessings be on Jael, more than on all women! Blessings greater than on any in the tents!