1Since many have undertaken to set in order…
2even as those who from the beginning were…
3it seemed good to me also, having traced…
4that you might know the certainty concerning the…
5There was in the days of Herod, the…
6They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly…
7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was…
8Now while he executed the priest’s office before…
9according to the custom of the priest’s office,…
10The whole multitude of the people were praying…
11An angel of the Lord appeared to him,…
12Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and…
13But the angel said to him, “Don’t be…
14You will have joy and gladness, and many…
15For he will be great in the sight…
16He will turn many of the children of…
17He will go before him in the spirit…
18Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I…
19The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who…
20Behold, you will be silent and not able…
21The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they…
22When he came out, he could not speak…
23When the days of his service were fulfilled,…
24After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and…
25“Thus has the Lord done to me in…
26Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel…
27to a virgin pledged to be married to…
28Having come in, the angel said to her,…
29But when she saw him, she was greatly…
30The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid,…
31Behold, you will conceive in your womb and…
32He will be great and will be called…
33and he will reign over the house of…
34Mary said to the angel, “How can this…
35The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will…
36Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a…
37For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”
38Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord;…
39Mary arose in those days and went into…
40and entered into the house of Zacharias and…
41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped…
42She called out with a loud voice and…
43Why am I so favored, that the mother…
44For behold, when the voice of your greeting…
45Blessed is she who believed, for there will…
46Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
47My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
48for he has looked at the humble state…
49For he who is mighty has done great…
50His mercy is for generations and generations on…
51He has shown strength with his arm. He…
52He has put down princes from their thrones,…
53He has filled the hungry with good things.…
54He has given help to Israel, his servant,…
55as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham…
56Mary stayed with her about three months, and…
57Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth…
58Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the…
59On the eighth day, they came to circumcise…
60His mother answered, “Not so; but he will…
61They said to her, “There is no one…
62They made signs to his father, what he…
63He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote,…
64His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue…
65Fear came on all who lived around them,…
66All who heard them laid them up in…
67His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy…
68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,…
69and has raised up a horn of salvation…
70(as he spoke by the mouth of his…
71salvation from our enemies and from the hand…
72to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember…
73the oath which he swore to Abraham our…
74to grant to us that we, being delivered…
75in holiness and righteousness before him all the…
76And you, child, will be called a prophet…
77to give knowledge of salvation to his people…
78because of the tender mercy of our God,…
79to shine on those who sit in darkness…
80The child was growing and becoming strong in…
