37. for nothing will be impossible for God.”
38. Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.
39. During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah,
40. where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit,
42. cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
43. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44. For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.