44. For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me!
45. She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled! ”
46. And Mary said:My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
47. and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
48. because He has looked with favoron the humble condition of His slave.Surely, from now on all generationswill call me blessed,
49. because the Mighty One has done great things for me, and His name is holy.
50. His mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear Him.
51. He has done a mighty deed with His arm; He has scattered the proudbecause of the thoughts of their hearts;
52. He has toppled the mighty from their thronesand exalted the lowly.
53. He has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.
54. He has helped His servant Israel,mindful of His mercy,
55. just as He spoke to our ancestors,to Abraham and his descendants forever.
56. And Mary stayed with her about three months; then she returned to her home.
57. Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.
58. Then her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her His great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.