¹³ and he was in the wilderness forty days,^(A) being tempted^[a] by Satan.^(B) He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.

³⁸ If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man^(A) will be ashamed of them^(B) when he comes^(C) in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

²⁵ When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.^(A)

²⁷ And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.^(A)

The Day and Hour Unknown

³² “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.^(A)

¹¹ Then an angel^(A) of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.^(B)

¹³ But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid,^(A) Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.^(B)

¹⁸ Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this?^(A) I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”^(B)

¹⁹ The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel.^(A) I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

²⁶ In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel^(A) to Nazareth,^(B) a town in Galilee,