Mary arose in those days and went
into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah, and entered into the house of
Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. It happened, when Elizabeth heard
Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was
filled with the Holy Spirit. She called out with a loud voice,
and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of
your womb! Why am I so
favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the voice of
your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
Blessed is she who
believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been
spoken to her from the Lord!"