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46 Mary said,

“My soul magnifies the Lord.
47     My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
48     for he has looked at the humble state of his servant.
For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
49     For he who is mighty has done great things for me.
    Holy is his name.
50     His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.
51 He has shown strength with his arm.
    He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52 He has put down princes from their thrones,
    and has exalted the lowly.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things.
    He has sent the rich away empty.
54 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
55     as he spoke to our fathers,
    to Abraham and his offspring[a] forever.”

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  1. 1:55 or, seed

67 His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

68 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    for he has visited and redeemed his people;
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
70     (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),
71     salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show mercy toward our fathers,
    to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
74     to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies,
    should serve him without fear,
75     in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

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