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John 1:14 (NIV)
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 3:17 (NIV)
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Galatians 4:4 (NIV)
But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Galatians 4:5 (NIV)
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
Philippians 2:6 (NIV)
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
Philippians 2:7 (NIV)
rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
1 John 4:9 (NIV)
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
Luke 1:1 (NIV)
Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
Luke 1:26 (NIV)
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,
Luke 1:27 (NIV)
to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
Luke 1:28 (NIV)
The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Luke 1:29 (NIV)
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
Luke 1:30 (NIV)
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.
Luke 1:31 (NIV)
You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
Luke 1:32 (NIV)
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,
Luke 1:33 (NIV)
and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
Luke 1:34 (NIV)
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
Luke 1:35 (NIV)
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Luke 1:36 (NIV)
Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.
Luke 1:37 (NIV)
For no word from God will ever fail.”
Luke 1:38 (NIV)
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
Luke 1:39 (NIV)
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea,
Luke 1:40 (NIV)
where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.
Luke 1:41 (NIV)
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Luke 1:42 (NIV)
In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!