Luke 1:49-72

⁴⁹For He who is mighty did to me great things, And holy is His name,

⁵⁰And His kindness is to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

⁵¹He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

⁵²He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

⁵³The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

⁵⁴He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,

⁵⁵As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed — to the age.'

⁵⁶And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

⁵⁷And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

⁵⁸and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

⁵⁹And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,

⁶⁰and his mother answering said, 'No, but he shall be called John.'

⁶¹And they said unto her — 'There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'

⁶²and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,

⁶³and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, 'John is his name;' and they did all wonder;

⁶⁴and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.

⁶⁵And fear came upon all those dwelling around them, and in all the hill-country of Judea were all these sayings spoken of,

⁶⁶and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, 'What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁶⁷And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying,

⁶⁸'Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people,

⁶⁹And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

⁷⁰As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

⁷¹Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us,

⁷²To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,