Luke 1:36-80 ▼

36 And beholde, thy cosin Elizabeth, she hath also conceaued a sonne in her olde age: & this is her sixth moneth, whiche was called barren.

37 For with God, shall nothyng be vnpossible.

38 And Marie saide: Beholde the handmayden of the Lorde, be it vnto me accordyng to thy worde. And the Angel departed from her.

39 And Marie arose in those dayes, & went into the hyll countrey with haste, into a citie of Iuda,

40 And entred into the house of Zacharie, and saluted Elizabeth.

41 And it came to passe, that when Elizabeth hearde the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her wombe, and Elizabeth was fylled with the holy ghost.

42 And she cryed with a loude voyce, and saide: Blessed art thou among women, because ye fruite of thy wombe is blessed.

43 And whence commeth this to me, that ye mother of my lord should come to me?

44 For loe, assoone as the voyce of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my wombe for ioy.

45 And blessed is she that beleued: For those thinges shalbe perfourmed, which were tolde her from the Lorde.

46 And Marie saide: My soule magnifieth the Lorde.

47 And my spirite reioyceth in God my sauiour.

48 For he hath loked on the lowe degree of his handmayden: For loe, now from hencefoorth shal all generations call me blessed.

49 Because, he that is mightie, hath done to me great thinges, & holy is his name,

50 And his mercy is on them that feare him, from generation to generation.

51 He hath shewed stregth with his arme, he hath scattered them that are proude, in the imagination of their heartes.

52 He hath put downe the myghtie fro their seates, and exalted them of lowe degree.

53 He hath fylled the hungry with good thynges, & sent away the riche emptie.

54 He hath helped his seruaunt Israel, in remembraunce of his mercy,

55 ( Euen as he promised to our fathers, Abraham, and to his seede) for euer.

56 And Marie abode with her about three monethes, and returned agayne to her owne house.

57 Elizabethes tyme came, that she shoulde be deliuered, and she brought foorth a sonne.

58 And her neyghbours, and her cosins hearde howe the Lorde hadde shewed great mercy vpo her, and they reioyced with her.

59 And it came to passe, that on the eyght day they came to circumcise the chylde, and called his name Zacharias, after the name of his father.

60 And his mother aunswered, and said: not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.

61 And they sayde vnto her: There is none in thy kinrede that is named with this name.

62 And they made signes to his father, howe he woulde haue hym called.

63 And he asked for wrytyng tables, and wrote, saying, his name is Iohn. And they marueyled all.

64 And his mouth was opened immediatly, and his tounge loosed & he spake, and praysed God.

65 And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto them: And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iurie.

66 And all they that hearde them, layde them vp in their heartes, saying: What maner of chylde shall this be? And the hande of the Lorde was with hym.

67 And his father Zacharias was filled with ye holy ghost, & prophesied, saying.

68 Praysed be ye Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited & redeemed his people.

69 And hath raysed vp an horne of saluation vnto vs, in the house of his seruaunt Dauid.

70 Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophetes, whiche were sence the worlde began.

71 That he would saue vs from our enemies, and from the hande of all that hate vs.

72 That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers, and remember his holy couenaunt.

73 And that he woulde perfourme the oth, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to geue vs.

74 That we, beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, might serue him without feare,

75 All the dayes of our life, in such holynesse and righteousnes as are accepted before hym.

76 And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes.

77 To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes.

78 Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs.

79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace.

80 And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites.