LUKE 1:31-77

³¹And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

³²He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

³³and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

³⁴And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

³⁵And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also that which is to be born shall be called holy, the Son of God.

³⁶And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.

³⁷For no word from God shall be void of power.

³⁸And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

³⁹And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

⁴⁰and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth.

⁴¹And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost;

⁴²and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

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

⁴⁴For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

⁴⁵And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.

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 handmaiden: 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 shewed 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 holpen 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 neighbours 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 marveled 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 Ghost, 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 which have been since the world began),

⁷¹Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

⁷²To shew 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,