48. for he has remembered me, his lowly servant!From now on all people will call me happy,
49. because of the great things the Mighty God has done for me.His name is holy;
50. from one generation to anotherhe shows mercy to those who honour him.
51. He has stretched out his mighty armand scattered the proud with all their plans.
52. He has brought down mighty kings from their thrones,and lifted up the lowly.
53. He has filled the hungry with good things,and sent the rich away with empty hands.
54. He has kept the promise he made to our ancestors,and has come to the help of his servant Israel.
55. He has remembered to show mercy to Abrahamand to all his descendants for ever!”
56. Mary stayed about three months with Elizabeth and then went back home.
57. The time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.
58. Her neighbours and relatives heard how wonderfully good the Lord had been to her, and they all rejoiced with her.
59. When the baby was a week old, they came to circumcise him, and they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.