Luke 1:35-80 The angel replied, and said to her: The Holy Spirit will come, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee; therefore he that is born of thee is holy, and will be called the Son of God.

Murdock⁽ⁱ⁾ ³⁵ The angel replied, and said to her: The Holy Spirit will come, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee; therefore he that is born of thee is holy, and will be called the Son of God. ³⁶ And lo, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, even she too hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who is called barren. ³⁷ Because nothing is difficult for God. ³⁸ Mary said: Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me, according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. ³⁹ And Mary arose in those days, and went hastily to the mountain district, to a city of Judaea; ⁴⁰ and entered the house of Zachariah, and saluted Elisabeth. ⁴¹ And it was so, that when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the child leaped in her womb, and she was filled with the Holy Spirit. ⁴² And she cried out with a loud voice, and said to Mary: 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 lo, as the voice of thy salutation fell upon my ears, with great joy the child leaped in my womb. ⁴⁵ And happy is she that believed; for there will be a fulfillment of those things that were told her by the Lord. ⁴⁶ And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord: ⁴⁷ and my spirit rejoiceth in God the author of my life. ⁴⁸ For he hath looked upon the humble condition of his hand maid; and lo, henceforth all generations will ascribe blessedness to me. ⁴⁹ And He that is mighty hath done for me great things; and holy is his name. ⁵⁰ And his mercy is on them that fear him, for generations and posterities. ⁵¹ He hath wrought victory with his arm; and hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart. ⁵² He hath cast down the mighty from their thrones, and hath exalted the lowly. ⁵³ The hungry hath he satisfied with good things, and the rich hath he sent away empty. ⁵⁴ He hath aided Israel his servant, and remembered his mercy, ⁵⁵ (as he spoke with the fathers,) with Abraham and his seed, for ever. ⁵⁶ And Mary remained with Elisabeth about three months, and returned to her home. ⁵⁷ And Elisabeth's time of bringing forth arrived; and she bore a son. ⁵⁸ And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹ And it occurred, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they called him by the name of his father, Zachariah. ⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said: Not so; but John, shall he be called. ⁶¹ And they said to her: There is no one among thy kindred called by that name. ⁶² And they made signs to his father, how he would have him named. ⁶³ And he asked for a tablet, and wrote, and said: John is his name. And every one was surprised. ⁶⁴ And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue; and he spoke, and praised God. ⁶⁵ And fear came upon all their neighbors; and these things were talked of in all the mountain district of Judaea. ⁶⁶ And all who heard, pondered them in their heart, and said: What will this child be? And the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷ And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, and said: ⁶⁸ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath visited his people, and wrought redemption for them: ⁶⁹ And hath raised up a horn of redemption for us, in the house of David his servant: ⁷⁰ as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who were of old, ⁷¹ that he would redeem us from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us. ⁷² And he hath exercised his mercy to our fathers, and hath remembered his holy covenants, ⁷³ and the oath that he sware to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us, ⁷⁴ to be redeemed from the hand of our enemies; and that we should worship before him, without fear, ⁷⁵ all our days, in rectitude and uprightness. ⁷⁶ And thou, child, wilt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou wilt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his way, ⁷⁷ that he may give the knowledge of life to his people, and forgiveness of their sins, ⁷⁸ through the compassion of the mercy of our God; whereby the day-spring from on high will visit us, ⁷⁹ to give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death; and to guide our feet into the way of peace. ⁸⁰ And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit. And he was in the wilderness, until the day of his manifestation to Israel.