Luke 1:27-76

²⁷To a virgin affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie.

²⁸And the Angel went in vnto her, and said, Haile thou that art freely beloued: the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

²⁹And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and thought what maner of salutation that should be.

³⁰Then the Angel saide vnto her, Feare not, Marie: for thou hast found fauour with God.

³¹For loe, thou shalt conceiue in thy wobe, and beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Iesus.

³²He shall be great, and shall be called the Sonne of the most High, and the Lord God shall giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid.

³³And hee shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kingdome shall bee none ende.

³⁴Then sayde Marie vnto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I knowe not man?

³⁵And the Angel answered, and said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the most High shall ouershadowe thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne of God.

³⁶And behold, thy cousin Elisabet, she hath also conceiued a sonne in her olde age: and this is her sixt moneth, which was called barren.

³⁷For with God shall nothing be vnpossible.

³⁸Then Marie said, Behold the seruant of the Lord: be it vnto me according to thy woorde. So the Angel departed from her.

³⁹And Marie arose in those daies, and went into ye hil countrey with hast to a citie of Iuda,

⁴⁰And entred into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabet.

⁴¹And it came to passe, as Elisabet heard the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her bellie, and Elisabet was filled with the holy Ghost.

⁴²And she cried with a loud voice, and saide, Blessed art thou among women, because the fruit of thy wombe is blessed.

⁴³And whence commeth this to mee, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

⁴⁴For loe, assoone as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my bellie for ioye,

⁴⁵And blessed is shee that beleeued: for those things shall be perfourmed, which were tolde her from the Lord.

⁴⁶Then Marie sayde, My soule magnifieth the Lord,

⁴⁷And my spirite reioyceth in God my Sauiour.

⁴⁸For hee hath looked on the poore degree of his seruaunt: for beholde, from henceforth shall all ages call me blessed,

⁴⁹Because hee that is mightie, hath done for me great things, and holy is his Name.

⁵⁰And his mercie is from generation to generation on them that feare him.

⁵¹Hee hath shewed strength with his arme: hee hath scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts.

⁵²Hee hath put downe the mighty from their seates, and exalted them of lowe degree.

⁵³Hee hath filled the hungrie with good things, and sent away the rich emptie.

⁵⁴Hee hath vpholden Israel his seruaunt to be mindefull of his mercie

⁵⁵(As hee hath spoken to our fathers, to wit, to Abraham, and his seede) for euer.

⁵⁶And Marie abode with her about three moneths: after, shee returned to her owne house.

⁵⁷Nowe Elisabets time was fulfilled, that shee should be deliuered, and shee brought foorth a sonne.

⁵⁸And her neighbours, and cousins heard tell howe the Lord had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.

⁵⁹And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe, and called him Zacharias after the name of his father.

⁶⁰But his mother answered, and saide, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.

⁶¹And they saide vnto her, There is none of thy kindred, that is named with this name.

⁶²Then they made signes to his father, howe he would haue him called.

⁶³So hee asked for writing tables, and wrote, saying, His name is Iohn, and they marueiled all.

⁶⁴And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spake and praised God.

⁶⁵Then feare came on all them that dwelt neere vnto them, and all these woordes were noised abroade throughout all the hill countrey of Iudea.

⁶⁶And al they that heard them, laid them vp in their hearts, saying, What maner childe shall this be! and the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁶⁷Then his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

⁶⁸Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he hath visited and redeemed his people,

⁶⁹And hath raised vp the horne of saluation vnto vs, in the house of his seruant Dauid,

⁷⁰As he spake by ye mouth of his holy Prophets, which were since the world began, saying,

⁷¹That he would sende vs deliuerance from our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate vs,

⁷²That he might shewe mercie towards our fathers, and remember his holy couenant,

⁷³And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.

⁷⁴Which was, that he would graunt vnto vs, that we being deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, should serue him without feare,

⁷⁵All the daies of our life, in holinesse and righteousnesse before him.

⁷⁶And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his waies,