maid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

39 And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill 40 country with haste, into a city of Judah; "and entered (41 into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth. "And

it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was 42 filled with the Holy Ghost; "and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed art thou among women, 43 and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. "And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto 44 me? "For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. "And blessed is she that 'believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her 46 from the Lord. "And Mary said,

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My soul doth magnify the Lord,

"And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
"For he hath looked upon the low estate of his hand-
maiden:

For behold, from henceforth all generations shall
call me blessed.

"For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; And holy is his name.

"And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

"He hath shewed strength with his arm;

He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of

their heart.

"He hath put down princes from their thrones,
And hath exalted them of low degree.

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'The hungry he hath filled with good things;
And the rich he hath sent empty away.

A. V.-39 those.. Juda; 41 (that); 42 spake out..| voice | ; 43 to; 44 lo, as soon as.. sounded in; 45 performance.. those.. were told; 48 regarded; 50 | from generation to generation; 51 hearts; 52 the mighty.. seats.

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"He hath holpen Israel his servant,
That he might remember mercy

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Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.

Now Elisabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be

58 delivered; and she brought forth a son. "And her neighbours and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her. 59) "And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him 60 Zacharias, after the name of his father. "And his mother

answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61 "And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred. 62 that is called by this name. "And they made signs to 63 his father, what he would have him called. "And he

asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name (64 is John. And they marvelled all. "And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, 65 blessing God. God. "And fear came on all that dwelt round about them and all these sayings were noised abroad (66) throughout all the hill country of Judæa. "And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

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And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;

For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

"And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us

In the house of his servant David

A. V. 54 in remembrance of (his); 55 to..to..(to); 56 to..(own); 57 full..came; 58 cousins..how..shewed great..upon; 62 how; 63 table; 64 (and) praised; 66 (they) ..hearts..manner of..(And); 68 redeemed; 69 an.

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'(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets
which have been since the world began),
'Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of
all that hate us;

"To shew mercy towards our fathers,

And to remember his holy covenant;

"The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies

Should serve him without fear,

"In holiness and righteousness before him all our

days.

"Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High:

For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to
make ready his ways;

"To give knowledge of salvation unto his people
In the remission of their sins,

"Because of the 'tender mercy of our God,

"Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us, "To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death;

To guide our feet into the way of peace.

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all 'the world should be enrolled. "This was the first enrolment made when 3 Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to enrol

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themselves, every one to his own city: "And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,

A. V.—71 That we should be saved; 72 perform (the)..(promised) to; 73 to; 74 That he would..might; 75 (the)..[of]..[life]; 76 And.. Highest..prepare; 77 by; 78 Through .... | hath visited | ; 79 give light to.... (in). —CH. II. I And. .(that). . taxed; 2 (And)..taxing ..Cyrenius; 3 be taxed..into; 4 unto.

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because he was of the house and family of David; "to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, (6 being great with child. "And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be de7 livered. "And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping 1watch by night over their flock. 'And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore 10 afraid. "And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: "for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the 12 Lord. "And this is the sign unto you; Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a man13 ger. "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

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And on earth peace among men in whom he is well

pleased.

And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known. 16 unto us. "And they came with haste, and found both

Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger. (17 "And when they saw it, they made known concerning the (18 saying which was spoken to them about this child. "And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken (19 unto them by the shepherds. "But Mary kept all these 1Or, nightwatches

2 Or, Anointed Lord peace, good pleasure among men.

3 Many ancient authorities read 4 Gr. men of good pleasure. 5 Or, saying

A. V. lineage; 5 be taxed..his espoused [wife]; 6 (so)..was, (that)..accomplished ; 9 [lo], the.. came upon; 10 Fear; II unto; 12 shall be a.. [the]; 14 good will | toward; 15 as.. were gone.. which; 16a; 17 had seen.. | abroad..told..concerning; 18 (they)..

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'And the shep-
herds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the
things that they had heard and seen, even as it was
spoken unto them.

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to 23 Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord '(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the 24 womb shall be called holy to the Lord), "and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. "And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel and the Holy Spirit was 26 upon him. "And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. "And he came in the Spirit into the temple and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the cus28 tom of the law, "then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

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'Now lettest thou thy servant depart, O Lord,
According to thy word, in peace;

"For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

"Which thou has prepared before the face of all
peoples;

"A light for 'revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of thy people Israel.

And his father and his mother were marvelling at the

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the Gentiles

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