Luke 1:40-55

⁴⁰and there she went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth.

⁴¹When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child moved within her, and Elizabeth herself was filled with the Holy Spirit,

⁴²and cried aloud, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is your unborn child!

⁴³But how have I this honor, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

⁴⁴For, as soon as your greeting reached my ears, the child moved within me with delight!

⁴⁵Happy indeed is she who believed that the promise which she received from the Lord would be fulfilled.”

⁴⁶And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord,

⁴⁷and my spirit delights in God my Savior,

⁴⁸for he has looked with favor on his humble servant girl. From now on all generations will call me blessed!

⁴⁹“For the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

⁵⁰He has mercy on those who revere him in every generation.

⁵¹“Mighty are the deeds of his arm; he has scattered the self-satisfied proud,

⁵²he has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and he uplifts the humble,

⁵³he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.

⁵⁴“He has stretched out his hand to his servant Israel, ever mindful of his mercy,

⁵⁵as he promised to our ancestors for Abraham and his descendants for ever.”