Luke 1:39-47

English Standard Version

Mary Visits Elizabeth

³⁹ In those days Mary arose and went with haste into ^(A)the hill country, to a town in Judah, ⁴⁰ and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth ^(B)was filled with the Holy Spirit, ⁴² and she exclaimed with a loud cry, ^(C)“Blessed are you among women, and ^(D)blessed is ^(E)the fruit of your womb! ⁴³ And why is this granted to me that the mother of ^(F)my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴ For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. ⁴⁵ And ^(G)blessed is she who believed that there would be^[a] a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”

Mary's Song of Praise: The Magnificat

⁴⁶ And Mary said,