She entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.
May your father and your mother be glad. May she who gave birth to you rejoice.
Soon afterward, Mary hurried to a city in the mountain region of Judah.
When Elizabeth heard the greeting, she felt the baby kick. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
When Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the division of priests named after Abijah. Zechariah’s wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.
