Luke 1:35-80 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ³⁵ And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. ³⁶ And, behold, thy relative Elisabeth, she has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. ³⁷ For with God nothing is impossible. ³⁸ Then Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. ³⁹ ¶ And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda ⁴⁰ and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth. ⁴¹ And it came to pass that when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; ⁴² and she spoke out with a loud voice and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. ⁴³ And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴ For, behold, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. ⁴⁵ And blessed is she that believed, for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. ⁴⁶ Then Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord, ⁴⁷ and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saving Health, ⁴⁸ for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden; for, behold, from now on all generations shall call me blessed. ⁴⁹ For he that is mighty has done great things unto me, and holy is his name. ⁵⁰ And his mercy is on those that 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 put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted the humble. ⁵³ He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away. ⁵⁴ He has received 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 abode with her about three months and then returned to her own house. ⁵⁷ ¶ Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered and she brought forth a son. ⁵⁸ And her neighbours and her relatives heard how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her, and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹ And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him Zacharias after the name of his father. ⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said, Not so, but he shall be called John. ⁶¹ And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. ⁶² And they communicated with signs to his father, asking how he would have him called. ⁶³ And he asked for a writing table and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marvelled. ⁶⁴ And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke blessing God. ⁶⁵ And fear came on all that dwelt round about them, and all these things were spoken of throughout all the hill country of Judaea. ⁶⁶ And all those that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, Who shall this child be! And the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷ ¶ And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and made redemption for his people ⁶⁹ And has raised up a horn of saving health for us in the house of his servant David, ⁷⁰ as he spoke by the mouth of the saints who from the beginning were his prophets; ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us; ⁷² to fulfill mercy unto our fathers and remembering his holy covenant ⁷³ of the oath which he made to our father Abraham, ⁷⁴ that he would grant unto us, that without fear delivered out of the hand of our enemies, we might serve him ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. ⁷⁶ And thou, child, shalt be called prophet of the Most High, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, ⁷⁷ giving knowledge of saving health unto his people for the remission of their sins ⁷⁸ through the bowels of mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high has visited us ⁷⁹ to give light to those that dwell in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace. ⁸⁰ And the child grew and was comforted of the Spirit and was in the deserts until the day of his showing unto Israel.