Luke 1:14-80 And you shall have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

TKJU⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ And you shall have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵ For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. ¹⁶ And he shall turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ For He shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children', and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." ¹⁸ And Zacharias said to the angel, "By what shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife well advanced in years." ¹⁹ And the angel answering said to him, "I am Gabriel, that stands in the presence of God; and am sent to speak to you, and to show you these glad tidings. ²⁰ Yet behold, you shall be mute, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because you did not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season." ²¹ And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he tarried so long in the temple. ²² Moreover when he came out, he could not speak to them: And they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: For he beckoned to them, and remained speechless. ²³ Also it came to pass, that as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. ²⁴ And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, ²⁵ "Thus has the Lord dealt with me in the days in which He looked on me, to take away my reproach among men." ²⁶ And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, ²⁷ to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. ²⁸ And the angel came in to her, and said, "Be glad, you who are highly favored, the Lord is with you: Blessed are you among women." ²⁹ Now when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of salutation this was. ³⁰ Then the angel said to her, "Do not fear, Mary: For you have found favor with God. ³¹ And behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. ³² He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: And the Lord God shall give to Him the throne of His father David: ³³ And He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of His kingdom there shall be no end." ³⁴ Then Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, seeing I have not known a man?" ³⁵ And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you: Therefore that Holy One which shall be born of you shall also be called the Son of God. ³⁶ And behold, your cousin Elisabeth has also conceived a son in her old age: And this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. ³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible." ³⁸ And Mary said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; may it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. ³⁹ And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah; ⁴⁰ and entered into the house of Zacharias, and greeted Elisabeth. ⁴¹ And it came to pass, that when Elisabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit: ⁴² And she spoke out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. ⁴³ And how is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴ For see, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. ⁴⁵ And blessed is she who believed: For there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord." ⁴⁶ Then Mary said: "My soul magnifies the Lord, ⁴⁷ and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. ⁴⁸ For He has regarded the lowly state of His handmaiden: For behold, from this time forward all generations shall call me blessed. ⁴⁹ For He that is mighty has done great things to me; and holy is His name. ⁵⁰ And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation. ⁵¹ He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. ⁵² He has put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted those of low degree. ⁵³ He has filled the hungry with good things; and the rich He has sent away empty. ⁵⁴ He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy; ⁵⁵ as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham, and to His seed forever." ⁵⁶ Moreover Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. ⁵⁷ Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. ⁵⁸ And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had shown great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹ And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. ⁶⁰ But his mother answered and said, "Not so; but he shall be called John." ⁶¹ And they said to her, "There is none of your kindred who is called by this name." ⁶² And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called. ⁶³ And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, "His name is John." Therefore they all marveled. ⁶⁴ And His mouth was immediately opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, and praised God. ⁶⁵ Then fear came on all who dwelt around them: And all these words were spread abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea. ⁶⁶ And all those who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What sort of child shall this be?" And the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷ Also his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸ "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He has visited and redeemed His people, ⁶⁹ and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; ⁷⁰ as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world began: ⁷¹ That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us; ⁷² to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant; ⁷³ the oath which He swore to our father Abraham, ⁷⁴ that He would grant to us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve Him without fear, ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life. ⁷⁶ And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Highest: For you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways; ⁷⁷ to give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins, ⁷⁸ through the tender mercy of our God; by which the Dayspring from on high has visited us, ⁷⁹ to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." ⁸⁰ And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts until the day of his presentation to Israel.