³⁹A few days later Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town ⁴⁰where Zechariah lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹At the sound of Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth’s child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

⁴²Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, “God has blessed you above all women, and your child is blessed. ⁴³Why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should visit me? ⁴⁴When I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy. ⁴⁵You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.”

The Magnificat: Mary’s Song of Praise

⁴⁶Mary responded,

“Oh, how my soul praises the Lord.

⁴⁷How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

⁴⁸For he took notice of his lowly servant girl,

and from now on all generations will call me blessed.

⁴⁹For the Mighty One is holy,

and he has done great things for me.

⁵⁰He shows mercy from generation to generation

to all who fear him.

⁵¹His mighty arm has done tremendous things!

He has scattered the proud and haughty ones.

⁵²He has brought down princes from their thrones

and exalted the humble.

⁵³He has filled the hungry with good things

and sent the rich away with empty hands.

⁵⁴He has helped his servant Israel

and remembered to be merciful.

⁵⁵For he made this promise to our ancestors,

to Abraham and his children forever.”

⁵⁶Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back to her own 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.”