³⁹Now in those days Mary set out and^* traveled with haste into the hill country, to a town of Judah, ⁴⁰and entered into the house of Zechariah, and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹And it happened that when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby in her womb leaped and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. ⁴²And she cried out with a loud shout and said,

“Blessed are you among women,

and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

⁴³And why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy! ⁴⁵And blessed is she who believed that there will be a fulfillment to what was spoken to her from the Lord!”

Mary’s Hymn of Praise to God

⁴⁶And Mary said,

“My soul exalts the Lord,

⁴⁷and my spirit has rejoiced greatly in God my Savior,

⁴⁸because he has looked upon the humble state of his female slave,

for behold, from now on all generations will consider me blessed,

⁴⁹because the Mighty One has done great things for me,

and holy is his name.

⁵⁰And his mercy is for generation after generation

to those who fear him.

⁵¹He has done a mighty deed with his arm;

he has dispersed the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

⁵²He has brought down rulers from their thrones,

and has exalted the lowly.

⁵³He has filled those who are hungry with good things,

and those who are rich he has sent away empty-handed.

⁵⁴He has helped Israel his servant,

remembering his mercy,

⁵⁵just as he spoke to our fathers,

to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”^k

⁵⁶And Mary stayed with her about three months, and returned to her home.

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Luke 1:45: “And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”

Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“set out”) has been translated as a finite verb
kLiterally “for the age”