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. Mary Visits Elizabeth.
Lord, I am your servant, your servant, the child of your maidservant; you have loosed my bonds.
For your servant, fulfill your promise made to those who fear you.
for nothing will be impossible for God.”
During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah,
For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman.