001:022 When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute. 001:023 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house. 001:024 After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying, 001:025 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men." 001:026 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 001:027 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 001:028 Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!" 001:029 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be. 001:030 The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 001:031 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.' 001:032 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, 001:033 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom." 001:034 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?" 001:035 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God. 001:036 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 001:037 For everything spoken by God is possible." 001:038 Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her. 001:039 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah, 001:040 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 001:041 It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 001:042 She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 001:043 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 001:044 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy! 001:045 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!" 001:046 Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.