46And Mary said,

My soul doth magnify the Lord,

47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

48For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid:

For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

49For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;

And holy is his name.

50And his mercy is unto generations and generations

On them that fear him.

51He hath showed strength with his arm;

He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

52He hath put down princes from their thrones,

And hath exalted them of low degree.

53The hungry he hath filled with good things;

And the rich he hath sent empty away.

54He hath given help to Israel his servant,

That he might remember mercy

55(As he spake unto our fathers)

Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

56And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house. 57Now Elisabeth’s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. 58And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her. 59And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called. 63And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. 64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God. 65And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. 66And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

68Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;

For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

69And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us

In the house of his servant David

70(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

71Salvation from our enemies,

and from the hand of all that hate us;

72To show mercy towards our fathers,

And to remember his holy covenant;

73The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father,

74To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies

Should serve him without fear,

75In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

76Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High:

For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people

In the remission of their sins,

78Because of the tender mercy of our God,

Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

79To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death;

To guide our feet into the way of peace.

80And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.