Responding to the word of God

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. ” Luke 1:13, 19, 27, 30, 34, 38 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. Luke 11:28, 32