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Mary Goes To See Elizabeth

39 And having arisen during these days, Mary proceeded to the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, 40 and entered into the house of Zechariah, and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And it came about that when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped[a] in her womb.

Elizabeth Recognizes Mary As The Mother of Her Lord

And Elizabeth was filled[b] with the Holy Spirit, 42 and exclaimed with a loud shout and said, “You are blessed[c] among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43 And why[d] has this happened to me— that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold— when the sound of your greeting came-to-be in my ears, the baby leaped with gladness in my womb. 45 And blessed[e] is she having believed that[f] there will be a fulfillment to the things having been spoken to her from the Lord”.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:41 Or, leaped-for-joy.
  2. Luke 1:41 This is how Elizabeth knew the things she says next.
  3. Luke 1:42 That is, blessed by God.
  4. Luke 1:43 Or, from where, how.
  5. Luke 1:45 Or, fortunate, happy.
  6. Luke 1:45 Or, because.

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