²³ Then he went and settled in a town called Nazareth to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.^(A)

Gabriel Predicts Jesus’s Birth

²⁶ In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel^(A) was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,^(B)

In Favor with God and with People

⁵¹ Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother kept all these things in her heart.^(A)

Rejection at Nazareth

¹⁶ He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.^(A) As usual, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day^(B) and stood up to read.^(C)