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Many use verses from Luke to justify the Hail Mary prayer, but none of these verses support praying to Mary. Let’s look carefully at what Scripture actually says. In Luke 1:28, the angel greets Mary with “Greetings, you who are highly favoured.” It is not “Hail Mary, full of grace.” The Greek word charitoō means favoured by grace, not a giver of grace. The angel is declaring what God has done for her, not who she is to others. In Luke 1:42, Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, blesses Mary and the child she carries. This is not a prayer. It is a statement of praise to God for what He has done through her. Elizabeth is speaking to Mary, not praying through Mary. The phrase “Holy Mary, Mother of God” does not appear anywhere in Scripture. Mary is indeed the earthly mother of Jesus, who is God incarnate (John 1:14), but that title was never meant to make her the “Mother of God” in the eternal sense. God has no mother. Mary was the chosen vessel for the incarnation, not the origin of divinity. The final line, “Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death,” directly contradicts Scripture. The Bible teaches that there is only one Mediator between God and man... the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5). No verse ever instructs believers to pray to the dead or to ask saints for intercession. In fact, such practices were condemned in passages like Deuteronomy 18:10–12, where communication with the dead is called detestable to the Lord. Mary herself confessed her need for a Saviour in Luke 1:47 “My spirit rejoices in God my Saviour.” If she needed a Saviour, she could not be sinless or a mediator. The so-called Hail Mary is not found in the Bible. It is a man-made prayer that twists greetings and blessings into adoration and intercession - things reserved for God alone. The true Mary would never receive worship. She would point, as she always did, to her Son and say, “Do whatever He tells you” (John 2:5).