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35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
36 Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
37 for nothing is impossible with God.
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.
39 In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 and she went to Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth.
41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 Why am I so favored that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb jumped for joy.
45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
46 And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord;
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
48 For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
49 For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 toward Abraham and his offspring for ever, as he spoke to our fathers.
56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 His mother spoke up and said: "He shall be called John."
61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who bears that name."
62 So they made signs to his father to inquire what he wanted to name the child.
63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John."
64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he started to speak, praising God.
65 All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 and everyone who heard them kept them in mind, and said, "What is this child going to be?" For the Lord's hand was with him.
67 Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people;
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 to show mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73 the oath that He swore to our father Abraham;
74 to be redeemed from the hand of our enemies; and that we should worship before him, without fear,
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways,
77 to give His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.
78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.