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And the angel departed from her. Mary Visits Elizabeth      <a href="/luke/1-39.htm" target="_top">39</a>Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, <a href="/luke/1-40.htm" target="_top">40</a>and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. <a href="/luke/1-41.htm" target="_top">41</a>When Elizabeth heard Marys greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. <a href="/luke/1-42.htm" target="_top">42</a>And she cried out with a loud voice and said, Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! <a href="/luke/1-43.htm" target="_top">43</a>And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me? <a href="/luke/1-44.htm" target="_top">44</a>For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy. <a href="/luke/1-45.htm" target="_top">45</a>And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord. The Magnificat      <a href="/luke/1-46.htm" target="_top">46</a>And Mary said:          My soul exalts the Lord, <a href="/luke/1-47.htm" target="_top">47</a>And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. <a href="/luke/1-48.htm" target="_top">48</a>For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave;          For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed. <a href="/luke/1-49.htm" target="_top">49</a>For the Mighty One has done great things for me;          And holy is His name. <a href="/luke/1-50.htm" target="_top">50</a>AND HIS MERCY IS UPON GENERATION AFTER GENERATION          TOWARD THOSE WHO FEAR HIM. <a href="/luke/1-51.htm" target="_top">51</a>He has done mighty deeds with His arm;          He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart. <a href="/luke/1-52.htm" target="_top">52</a>He has brought down rulers from their thrones,          And has exalted those who were humble. <a href="/luke/1-53.htm" target="_top">53</a>HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS;          And sent away the rich empty-handed. <a href="/luke/1-54.htm" target="_top">54</a>He has given help to Israel His servant,          In remembrance of His mercy, <a href="/luke/1-55.htm" target="_top">55</a>As He spoke to our fathers,          To Abraham and his descendants forever.       <a href="/luke/1-56.htm" target="_top">56</a>And Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her home. John Is Born      <a href="/luke/1-57.htm" target="_top">57</a>Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son. <a href="/luke/1-58.htm" target="_top">58</a>Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her.       <a href="/luke/1-59.htm" target="_top">59</a>And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father. <a href="/luke/1-60.htm" target="_top">60</a>But his mother answered and said, No indeed; but he shall be called John. <a href="/luke/1-61.htm" target="_top">61</a>And they said to her, There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name. <a href="/luke/1-62.htm" target="_top">62</a>And they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called. <a href="/luke/1-63.htm" target="_top">63</a>And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, His name is John. And they were all astonished. <a href="/luke/1-64.htm" target="_top">64</a>And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God. <a href="/luke/1-65.htm" target="_top">65</a>Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea. <a href="/luke/1-66.htm" target="_top">66</a>All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, What then will this child turn out to be? For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him. Zachariass Prophecy      <a href="/luke/1-67.htm" target="_top">67</a>And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: <a href="/luke/1-68.htm" target="_top">68</a>Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,          For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, <a href="/luke/1-69.htm" target="_top">69</a>And has raised up a horn of salvation for us          In the house of David His servant <a href="/luke/1-70.htm" target="_top">70</a>As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old <a href="/luke/1-71.htm" target="_top">71</a>Salvation FROM OUR ENEMIES,          And FROM THE HAND OF ALL WHO HATE US; <a href="/luke/1-72.htm" target="_top">72</a>To show mercy toward our fathers,          And to remember His holy covenant, <a href="/luke/1-73.htm" target="_top">73</a>The oath which He swore to Abraham our father, <a href="/luke/1-74.htm" target="_top">74</a>To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,          Might serve Him without fear, <a href="/luke/1-75.htm" target="_top">75</a>In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. <a href="/luke/1-76.htm" target="_top">76</a>And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;          For you will go on BEFORE THE LORD TO PREPARE HIS WAYS; <a href="/luke/1-77.htm" target="_top">77</a>To give to His people the knowledge of salvation          By the forgiveness of their sins, <a href="/luke/1-78.htm" target="_top">78</a>Because of the tender mercy of our God,          With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us, <a href="/luke/1-79.htm" target="_top">79</a>TO SHINE UPON THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH,          To guide our feet into the way of peace.       <a href="/luke/1-80.htm" target="_top">80</a>And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel. <a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><a href="/asv/luke/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: <a href="/drb/luke/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. <a href="/dbt/luke/1.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a> He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father; <a href="/erv/luke/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: <a href="/wbt/luke/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David. <a href="/wey/luke/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He will be great and He will be called 'Son of the Most High.' And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David; <a href="/web/luke/1.htm">World English Bible</a> He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David, <a href="/ylt/luke/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/july_19_morning.htm">July 19 Morning</a> He that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.--LUKE 1:49. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?--Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.--Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy.--Hallowed be thy name. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people. Who is this <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/july_19_morning.htm" title="continued">…</a> Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path<a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/august_3_morning.htm">August 3 Morning</a> His mercy is on them that fear Him.--LUKE 1:50. Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. If ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear.--The Lord <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/august_3_morning.htm" title="continued">…</a> Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path<a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/september_9_morning.htm">September 9 Morning</a> He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.--LUKE 1:53. Thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.--When <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/september_9_morning.htm" title="continued">…</a> Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path<a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/march_24_morning.htm">March 24 Morning</a> Abraham believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.--GEN. 15:6. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him: but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/march_24_morning.htm" title="continued">…</a> Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path<a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/true_greatness.htm">True Greatness</a> He shall be great in the sight of the Lord.'--LUKE i. 15. So spake the angel who foretold the birth of John the Baptist. 'In the sight of the Lord'--then men are not on a dead level in His eyes. Though He is so high and we are so low, the country beneath Him that He looks down upon is not flattened to Him, as it is to us from an elevation, but there are greater and smaller men in His sight, too. No epithet is more misused and misapplied than that of 'a great man.' It is flung about indiscriminately <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/true_greatness.htm" title="continued">…</a> Alexander Maclaren—Expositions Of Holy Scripture<a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/the_magnificat.htm">The Magnificat</a> 'And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 48. For He hath regarded the low estate of His hand-maiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 49. For He that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is His name, 50. And His mercy is on them that fear Him from generation to generation. 51. He hath shewed strength with His arm: He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52. He hath put down <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/the_magnificat.htm" title="continued">…</a> Alexander Maclaren—Expositions Of Holy Scripture<a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/elijah_come_again.htm">Elijah Come Again</a> 'There was, in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7. And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren; and they both were now well stricken in years. 8. And it came to pass, that, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/elijah_come_again.htm" title="continued">…</a> Alexander Maclaren—Expositions Of Holy Scripture<a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/zachariass_hymn.htm">Zacharias's Hymn</a> 'And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed His people, 69. And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David; 70. As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, which have been since the world began; 71. That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72. To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember His holy <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/zachariass_hymn.htm" title="continued">…</a> Alexander Maclaren—Expositions Of Holy Scripture<a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/the_dayspring_from_on_high.htm">The Dayspring from on High</a> 'The day-spring from on high hath visited us, 79. To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.'--LUKE i. 78, 79. As the dawn is ushered in by the notes of birds, so the rising of the Sun of Righteousness was heralded by song, Mary and Zacharias brought their praises and welcome to the unborn Christ, the angels hovered with heavenly music over His cradle, and Simeon took the child in his arms and blessed it. The human members of this <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/the_dayspring_from_on_high.htm" title="continued">…</a> Alexander Maclaren—Expositions Of Holy Scripture<a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/holy_in_christ/fourteenth_day_the_holy_one.htm">Fourteenth Day. The Holy one of God. </a> Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.'--Luke i. 35. 'We have believed and know that Thou art the Holy One of God.'--John vi. 69. 'The holy one of the Lord'--only once (Ps. cvi. 16) the expression is found in the Old Testament. It is spoken of Aaron, in whom holiness, as far as it could then be revealed, had found its most complete embodiment. The title waited for its fulfilment in Him who alone, in His own person, could perfectly show forth <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/holy_in_christ/fourteenth_day_the_holy_one.htm" title="continued">…</a> Andrew Murray—Holy in Christ<a href="//christianbookshelf.org/eckhart/meister_eckharts_sermons/iii_the_angels_greeting.htm">The Angel's Greeting</a> THE ANGEL'S GREETING St Luke i. 28.--"Hail, thou that art highly favoured among women, the Lord is with thee." Here there are three things to understand: the first, the modesty of the angel; the second, that he thought himself unworthy to accost the Mother of God; the third, that he not only addressed her, but the great multitude of souls who long after God. I affirm that had the Virgin not first borne God spiritually He would never have been born from her in bodily fashion. A certain woman said <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/eckhart/meister_eckharts_sermons/iii_the_angels_greeting.htm" title="continued">…</a> Johannes Eckhart—Meister Eckhart's Sermons<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/1-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 1:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 1:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/1-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 1:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 1:33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/luke/1-32.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>