Luke 1:39-56

New American Standard Bible

Mary Visits Elizabeth

³⁹Now ^[a]at this time Mary set out and went in a hurry to ^(A)the hill country, to a city of Judah, ⁴⁰and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was ^(B)filled with the Holy Spirit. ⁴²And she cried out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! ⁴³And ^[b]how has it happened to me that the mother of ^(C)my Lord would come to me? ⁴⁴For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy. ⁴⁵And ^(D)blessed is she who ^[c]believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her ^[d]by the Lord.”

Mary’s Song: The Magnificat

⁴⁶And Mary said:

“^(E)My soul ^[e]^(F)exalts the Lord,
⁴⁷And ^(G)my spirit has rejoiced in ^(H)God my Savior.
⁴⁸For ^(I)He has had regard for the humble state of His bond-servant;
For behold, from now on all generations will ^[f]call me ^(J)blessed.
⁴⁹For the Mighty One has done great things for me;
And holy is His name.
⁵⁰^(K)And His mercy is to generation ^[g]after generation
Toward those who fear Him.
⁵¹^(L)He has done ^[h]mighty deeds with His arm;
He has scattered those who were proud in the ^[i]thoughts of their hearts.
⁵²He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has ^(M)exalted those who were humble.
⁵³^(N)He has filled the hungry with good things,
And sent the rich away empty-handed.
⁵⁴He has given help to His servant Israel,
^[j]In remembrance of His mercy,
⁵⁵^(O)Just as He spoke to our fathers,
^(P)To Abraham and his ^[k]descendants forever.”

⁵⁶Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her home.

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Footnotes

Luke 1:39 Lit in these days
Luke 1:43 Lit from where this to me
Luke 1:45 Or believed, because there will be
Luke 1:45 Lit from
Luke 1:46 Lit makes great
Luke 1:48 Or consider
Luke 1:50 Lit and
Luke 1:51 Lit might
Luke 1:51 Lit thought, attitude
Luke 1:54 Lit So as to remember
Luke 1:55 Lit seed

Psalm 107:1-16

New American Standard Bible

BOOK 5

The Lord Rescues People from Many Troubles.

107 ^(A)Give thanks to the Lord, for ^(B)He is good,
For His mercy is everlasting.
²^(C)The redeemed of the Lord shall say so,
Those whom He has ^(D)redeemed from the hand of the enemy
³And ^(E)gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the ^[a]south.

⁴They ^(F)wandered in the wilderness in a ^[b]desert region;
They did not find a way to ^[c]an inhabited ^(G)city.
⁵They were hungry ^[d]and thirsty;
Their ^(H)souls felt weak within them.
⁶Then they ^(I)cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
⁷He also had them walk on a ^[e]^(J)straight way,
To go to ^[f]^(K)an inhabited city.
⁸^(L)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[g]wonders to the sons of mankind!
⁹For He has ^(M)satisfied the ^[h]thirsty soul,
And He has filled the ^(N)hungry soul with what is good.

¹⁰There were those who ^(O)lived in darkness and in ^[i]the shadow of death,
^(P)Prisoners in misery and ^[j]chains,
¹¹Because they had ^(Q)rebelled against the words of God
And ^(R)rejected the ^(S)plan of the Most High.
¹²Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was ^(T)no one to help.
¹³Then they ^(U)cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
¹⁴He ^(V)brought them out of darkness and ^[k]the shadow of death
And ^(W)broke their bands apart.
¹⁵^(X)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[l]wonders to the sons of mankind!
¹⁶For He has ^(Y)shattered gates of bronze
And cut off bars of iron.