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And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for *I* am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?

And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end.

for nothing shall be impossible with God.

For behold, as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped with joy in my womb.

And blessed [is] she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from [the] Lord.

For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy [is] his name;

(as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

But the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth that she should bring forth, and she gave birth to a son.

And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.

Blessed be [the] Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,

and raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of David his servant;

And *thou*, child, shalt be called [the] prophet of [the] Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of [the] Lord to make ready his ways;

and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;

for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ [the] Lord.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

And when the days were fulfilled for their purifying according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem to present [him] to the Lord