Luke 1:8-42

⁸And it came to passe, as he executed the Priestes office before God, as his course came in order,

⁹According to the custome of the Priests office, his lot was to burne incense, when he went into the Temple of the Lord.

¹⁰And the whole multitude of the people were without in prayer, while the incense was burning.

¹¹Then appeared vnto him an Angel of the Lord standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

¹²And when Zacharias sawe him, he was troubled, and feare fell vpon him.

¹³But the Angel saide vnto him, Feare not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard, and thy wise Elisabet shall beare thee a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iohn.

¹⁴And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnes, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

¹⁵For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

¹⁶And many of the children of Israel shall he turne to their Lord God.

¹⁷For he shall goe before him in the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

¹⁸Then Zacharias said vnto ye Angel, Whereby shall I knowe this? for I am an olde man, and my wife is of a great age.

¹⁹And the Angell answered, and sayde vnto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, and to shew thee these good tidings.

²⁰And beholde, thou shalt be domme, and not be able to speake, vntill the day that these things be done, because thou beleeuedst not my words, which shalbe fulfilled in their season.

²¹Now the people waited for Zacharias, and marueiled that he taried so long in the Temple.

²²And when hee came out, hee coulde not speake vnto them: then they perceiued that hee had seene a vision in the Temple: For he made signes vnto them, and remained domme.

²³And it came to passe, when the daies of his office were fulfilled, that he departed to his owne house.

²⁴And after those daies, his wife Elisabet conceiued, and hid her selfe fiue moneths, saying,

²⁵Thus hath the Lord dealt with me, in the daies wherein he looked on me, to take from me my rebuke among men.

²⁶And in the sixth moneth, the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galile, named Nazareth,

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.