where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.
May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea,
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.