36. And listen! Your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is now the sixth month with her who was called barren.
37. For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.
38. Then Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what you have said. And the angel left her.
39. And at that time Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country to a town of Judah,
40. And she went to the house of Zachariah and, entering it, saluted Elizabeth.
41. And it occurred that when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit.
42. And she cried out with a loud cry, and then exclaimed, Blessed (favored of God) above all other women are you! And blessed (favored of God) is the Fruit of your womb!
43. And how [have I deserved that this honor should] be granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?