²⁸ he took him up in his arms and ^(A)blessed God and said,

^64 (A)And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue ^(B)loosed, and he spoke, ^(C)blessing God.

²⁰ And the shepherds returned, ^(A)glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel ^(A)a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

Mary's Song of Praise: The Magnificat

⁴⁶ And Mary said,

¹⁶ And ^(A)he took them in his arms and blessed them, ^(B)laying his hands on them.

³⁶ And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and ^(A)taking him in his arms, he said to them,