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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.
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Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be
delivered; and she brought forth a son.
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And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord
had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
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And it came to pass, that on the
eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his
father.
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And his mother answered and said, Not
so;
but he shall be called John.
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And they said
unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
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And they made signs to his
father, how he would have him called.
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And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His
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