Luke 1:39–80

³⁹And Mary arose in those days, and went into ^ethe hill country ^fwith haste, into ^ea city of Juda; ⁴⁰And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. ⁴¹And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth ^gwas filled with the Holy Ghost: ⁴²And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, ^hBlessed art thou ⁱamong women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. ⁴³And ^jwhence is this to me, that the mother of ^jjmy Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. ⁴⁵And ^kblessed is she ^||that believed: ^kkfor there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

⁴⁶And Mary said,

^lMy soul doth ^mmagnify the Lord,

⁴⁷And ⁿmy spirit hath rejoiced in ^oGod my Saviour.

⁴⁸For ^phe hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden:

For, behold, from henceforth ^qall generations shall ^rcall me blessed.

⁴⁹For he that is mighty ^shath done to me ^tgreat things;

And ^uholy is his name.

⁵⁰And ^xhis mercy is on them that fear him

From generation to generation.

^51yHe hath shewed strength with his arm;

^zHe hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

^52aHe hath put down ^bthe mighty from their seats,

And exalted them of low degree.

^53cHe hath filled the hungry with good things;

And the rich he hath ^dsent empty away.

⁵⁴He hath ^eholpen his servant Israel,

^fIn remembrance of his mercy;

^55gAs he spake to our fathers,

To Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

⁵⁶And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.

⁵⁷Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. ⁵⁸And ^hher neighbours and her ⁱcousins heard how the Lord had ^kshewed great mercy upon her; and ^lthey rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹And it came to pass, that ^mon the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and ⁿthey called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. ⁶⁰And his mother answered and said, Not so; but ^ohe shall be called John. ⁶¹And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. ⁶²And they ^pmade signs to his father, how he would have him called. ⁶³And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, ^qHis name is John. And they marvelled all. ^64rAnd his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue ^sloosed, and he spake, and ^tpraised God. ⁶⁵And ^ufear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these ^||sayings were noised abroad throughout all ^vthe hill country of Judaea. ⁶⁶And all they that heard them ^wlaid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And ^xthe hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷And his father Zacharias ^ywas filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

^68zBlessed be the Lord ^aGod of Israel;

For he hath ^bvisited and ^credeemed his people,

⁶⁹And hath raised up ^dan horn of salvation for us

In the house of his servant David;

^70eAs he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,

Which have been ^fsince the world began:

⁷¹That we should be saved from our enemies,

And from the hand of all that hate us;

^72gTo perform the mercy promised to our fathers,

And ^hto remember his holy covenant;

⁷³ⁱThe oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

⁷⁴That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies

Might ^kserve him without fear,

^75lIn holiness and righteousness before him,

^mAll the days of our life.

⁷⁶And thou, child, shalt be called ⁿthe prophet of ^othe Highest:

For ^pthou shalt go before the face of the Lord

^pTo prepare his ways;

⁷⁷To give ^ppknowledge of salvation unto his people

^||By the remission of their sins,

⁷⁸Through the ^||tender mercy of our God;

Whereby the ^||dayspring from on high hath ^bvisited us,

^79qTo give light to them ^rthat sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

To guide our feet into the way of ^speace.

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