Luke 1:35-80 "The Holy Spirit shall come upon you," said the angel, "and the power of the most High shall overshadow you, and therefore the holy offspring which is born, shall be called the son of God.

MNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ³⁵ "The Holy Spirit shall come upon you," said the angel, "and the power of the most High shall overshadow you, and therefore the holy offspring which is born, shall be called the son of God. ³⁶ "And behold your kinswoman, Elizabeth, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this was the sixth month with her that was called barren. ³⁷ "For no word of God shall be void of power." ³⁸ Then Mary said: "Behold I am Lord's slave. Let it be to me as you have said." Then the angel departed from her. ³⁹ Soon after this Mary set out and hastened unto the hill-country to a town in Judah; ⁴⁰ and there she came into the house of Zachariah, and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ And when Elizabeth heard her salutation, the babe leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth herself was filled with the Holy Spirit, ⁴² and called out with a loud cry. "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is your unborn child! ⁴³ "But why is this honor done me, that the mother of my Lord should come me? ⁴⁴ "For behold when the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the babe leaped with joy within my womb. ⁴⁵ "And blessed is she who believed that the Lord's words spoken to her would be fulfilled." ⁴⁶ And Mary said: "My soul doth magnify the Lord, ⁴⁷ "My spirit exults in the God, who is my Saviour, ⁴⁸ "For he has regarded the humiliation of his slave, And from this hour all ages will count me blessed. ⁴⁹ "For he who is mighty has done great things for me; And holy is his name. ⁵⁰ "His mercy is unto generations and generations on those who reverence him. ⁵¹ "He has showed strength with his arm. "He has scattered proud in the imagination of their hearts; ⁵² "he has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted those of low degree. ⁵³ "The hungry he has filled with good things, But the rich he has sent empty away. ⁵⁴ "He has helped Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy, ⁵⁵ "As he spoke to our forefathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever." ⁵⁶ So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and returned home. ⁵⁷ Now when the time of Elizabeth's delivery was come, she gave birth to a son; ⁵⁸ and her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with her, ⁵⁹ and came on the eighth day to circumcise the child. They were about to call him "Zachariah," after his father, ⁶⁰ when his mother said, "No, he is to be called John." ⁶¹ Said they, "You have no relatives of that name!" ⁶² Then they asked his father by signs what he wished to call the child. ⁶³ So he asked for a writing tablet and wrote down, "His name is John." ⁶⁴ Every one was surprised, and at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. ⁶⁵ And there came a great fear upon all in the neighborhood; and throughout the hill country of Judea all these sayings were much talked about. ⁶⁶ All the story laid it up in their hearts, saying "What, then, will this child be?" For the Lord's hands was with him. ⁶⁷ And his father, Zachariah, was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying. ⁶⁸ "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and redeemed his people, ⁶⁹ "And has raised up a mighty Deliverer for us In the house of his servant David, ⁷⁰ "As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets Which have been since the world began ⁷¹ To deliver us from our enemies, and from the power Of all who hate us. ⁷² "He showed mercy to our forefathers, He remembered his holy covenant, ⁷³ "The oath which he swore to Abraham, our forefather, ⁷⁴ "That he we should be delivered out of the Hand of our enemies, And should serve him without fear, ⁷⁵ "In holiness and righteousness before him All our days. ⁷⁶ "And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Most High, For thou shalt go before the Lord to prepare the way ⁷⁷ "To give to his people a knowledge of salvation Through the remission of their sins, ⁷⁸ "Through the heart of mercy of our God, Whereby the Dayspring from on high shall visit us, ⁷⁹ "To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, And to guide our feet into the paths of peace." ⁸⁰ And the child grew, and became strong in the Spirit, and remained in the desert till the day of his showing to Israel.