And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds.
Confirm to thy servant thy promise, which is for those who fear thee.
For with God nothing will be impossible.”
In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah,
for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman.