Luke 1:35-80

CAB(i) 35 And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy Baby which is to be born shall be called the Son of God. 36 And behold, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for she who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible." 38 Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! May it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. 39 Now Mary rose up in those days and traveled into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, 40 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 And why am I favored thus, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the baby leaped for joy in my womb. 45 And blessed is she who has believed, because there shall be a fulfillment to the things having been spoken to her from the Lord." 46 And Mary said: "My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. 48 Because He looked upon the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed. 49 For He that is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. 50 And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation. 51 He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52 He has overthrown the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. 54 He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, 55 As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever." 56 And Mary remained with her about three months, and she returned to her house. 57 Now Elizabeth's full time came for her to be delivered, and she bore a son. 58 And when her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her. 59 Now it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they started to call him by the name of his father, Zacharias. 60 His mother answered and said, "No; he shall be called John." 61 But they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name." 62 So they made signs to his father about what he wished him to be called. 63 And asking for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, "His name is John." And they all marveled. 64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he started to speak, praising God. 65 Then fear came on all who lived around them; and all these things were being talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea. 66 And all those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, "What kind of child will this be?" And the hand of the Lord was with him. 67 Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he prophesied, saying, 68 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people, 69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, 70 as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world began, 71 that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, 72 to perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, 73 the oath which He swore to our father Abraham: 74 to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life. 76 "And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, 77 to give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins, 78 through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us; 79 to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." 80 So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.