Luke 1:26-56

26But in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent of 1God to a city of Galilee, of which [the] name [was] Nazareth,

27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.

28And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, [thou] favoured one! the Lord [is] with thee: [blessed art thou amongst women].

29But she, [seeing] [the angel], was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.

30And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with 2God;

31and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

32He shall be great, and shall be called Son of [the] Highest; and [the] Lord 3God shall give him the throne of David his father;

33and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end.

34But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?

35And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of 4God.

36And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:

37for nothing shall be impossible with 5God.

38And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of [the] Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

39And Mary, rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,

40and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.

41And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with [the] Holy Spirit,

42and cried out with a loud voice and said, Blessed [art] thou amongst women, and blessed the fruit of thy womb.

43And whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

44For behold, as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped with joy in my womb.

45And blessed [is] she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from [the] Lord.

46And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,

47and my spirit has rejoiced in 6God my Saviour.

48For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

49For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy [is] his name;

50and his mercy [is] to generations and generations to them that fear him.

51He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.

52He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.

53He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.

54He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy,

55(as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

56And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house.