Mary’s Visit to Elizabeth

39 In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah 40 where she entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped inside her,[a] and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.(A) 42 Then she exclaimed with a loud cry:

“You are the most blessed of women,
and your child will be blessed![b]

43 How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me![c] 45 She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled!”

Mary’s Praise

46 And Mary said:

My soul proclaims the greatness of[d] the Lord,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:41 Lit leaped in her abdomen or womb
  2. Luke 1:42 Lit and the fruit of your abdomen (or womb) is blessed
  3. Luke 1:44 Lit in my abdomen or womb
  4. Luke 1:46 Or soul magnifies

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