Catholics Believe that the Blessed Virgin Mary was born without the stain of sin.Mary said she needed a savior.Are those two things compatible and if so how?Let's examine the idea of the Immaculate Conception with the words of the Bible.BibliographyBovon, François. Luke 1: A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke 1:1–9:50. Edited by Helmut Koester. Translated by Christine M. Thomas. Hermeneia—a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2002.Casciaro, José María, Gonzalo Aranda, Claudio Basevi, Antonio García-Moreno, Tomás Belda, P. Hípola, K. Limburg, et al., eds. Saint Luke’s Gospel: With a Commentary by Members of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Navarre. Translated by Michael Adams. The Navarre Bible. New York, NY: Scepter Publishers, 2005.Gadenz, Pablo T. The Gospel of Luke. Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2018.Liefeld, Walter L. “Luke.” In Matthew, Mark, Luke, edited by Frank E. Gaebelein, 8:795–1095. The Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1984.Nolland, John. Luke 1:1–9:20. Edited by Bruce M. Metzger, David A. Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker, John D.W. Watts, and Ralph P. Martin. Vol. 35A. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas, TX: Word Incorporated, 1989.Pius IX. “Definition of the Immaculate Conception: Ineffabilis Deus, Dec. 8, 1854.” In The Sources of Catholic Dogma, edited by Henry Denzinger and Karl Rahner, translated by Roy J. Deferrari, 413–414. St Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Company, 1954.Plummer, Alfred. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Saint Luke. Edited by Samuel Rolles Driver, Alfred Plummer, and Charles Augustus Briggs. 2004 Reprint. International Critical Commentary. London, UK: T&T Clark, 1896.Roman Catholic Church. Catechism of the Catholic Church. 2nd ed. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1997.Schreiner, Thomas R. “Luke.” In Baker Commentary on the Bible, edited by Walter A. Elwell, 3:799–839. Evangelical Commentary on the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2000. Icon of Mary, the Immaculate Conception by Jean-Luc Théallet, Lourdes, France