Luke:1:24-56
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And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived ,
and hid herself five months ,
saying ,
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Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me ,
to take away my reproach among men .
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And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee ,
named Nazareth ,
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To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph ,
of the house of David ;
and the virgin '
s name was Mary .
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And the angel came in unto her ,
and said ,
Hail ,
thou that art highly favoured ,
the Lord is with thee :
blessed art thou among women .
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And when she saw him ,
she was troubled at his saying ,
and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be .
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And the angel said unto her ,
Fear not ,
Mary :
for thou hast found favour with God .
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And ,
behold ,
thou shalt conceive in thy womb ,
and bring forth a son ,
and shalt call his name JESUS .
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He shall be great ,
and shall be called the Son of the Highest :
and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David :
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And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever ;
and of his kingdom there shall be no end .
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Then said Mary unto the angel ,
How shall this be ,
seeing I know not a man ?
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And the angel answered and said unto her ,
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee ,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee :
therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God .
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And ,
behold ,
thy cousin Elisabeth ,
she hath also conceived a son in her old age :
and this is the sixth month with her ,
who was called barren .
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For with God nothing shall be impossible .
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And Mary said ,
Behold the handmaid of the Lord ;
be it unto me according to thy word .
And the angel departed from her .
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And Mary arose in those days ,
and went into the hill country with haste ,
into a city of Juda ;
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And entered into the house of Zacharias ,
and saluted Elisabeth .
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And it came to pass ,
that ,
when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary ,
the babe leaped in her womb ;
and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost :
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And she spake out with a loud voice ,
and said ,
Blessed art thou among women ,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb .
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And whence is this to me ,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me ?
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For ,
lo ,
as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears ,
the babe leaped in my womb for joy .
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And blessed is she that believed :
for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord .
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And Mary said ,
My soul doth magnify the Lord ,
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And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour .
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For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden :
for ,
behold ,
from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed .
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For he that is mighty hath done to me great things ;
and holy is his name .
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And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation .
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He hath shewed strength with his arm ;
he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts .
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He hath put down the mighty from their seats ,
and exalted them of low degree .
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He hath filled the hungry with good things ;
and the rich he hath sent empty away .
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He hath holpen his servant Israel ,
in remembrance of his mercy ;
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As he spake to our fathers ,
to Abraham ,
and to his seed for ever .
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And Mary abode with her about three months ,
and returned to her own house .