Luke 1:36-48

³⁶and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

³⁷because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

³⁸And Mary said, 'Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

³⁹And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

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

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

⁴²and spake out with a loud voice, 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 might come unto me?

⁴⁴for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

⁴⁵and happy is she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.'

⁴⁶And Mary said, 'My soul doth magnify the Lord,

⁴⁷And my spirit was glad on God my Saviour,

⁴⁸Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,