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1. . . . Infancy

Ch 1-2:52

 

1:19 And answering the angel said to him; I am Gabriel the one standing before God, and I was sent to speak to thee and to announce to thee these things: 20 and behold thou shalt be being silent and not being able to speak until which day happens these things, because not thou believest the words of me which will be fulfilled in the time of them. 21 And was the people expecting Zacharias, and they marvelled in the to delay in the shrine him. 22 And going out he was not able to speak to them, and they knew that a vision he had had seen in the shrine; and he was becoming to them; and remained dumb. 23 And it came to pass when were fulfilled the days of the service of him, he went away to the house of him. 24 And after these days conceived Elizabeth the wife of him, and hid herself months five, saying. 25 Thus to me has done the Lord in days in which he looked upon to take away reproach of me among men. 26 Now in the month sixth was sent the angel Gabriel from God to a city of Galilee to which name Nazareth, 27 to a virgin having been bethrothed to a man to whom name Joseph of the house of David, and the name of the virgin was Mary. 28 And entering to her he said: Hail having been

favoured one the Lord is with thee. 29 And she at the saying was greatly disturbed, and considered of what sort might be greeting this. 30 And said the angel to her: Fear not, Mary; for thou didst find favour with God. 31 And behold thou wilt conceive in womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call the name of him Jesus. 32 This will be great and Son of the Most High will be called, and will give him the Lord God the throne of David the father of him.33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob unto the ages, and of the kingdom of him there will not be an end. 1: 34 and said Mary to the angel. How will be this, since a man I know not? 35 And answering the angel said to her: The Spirit Holy will come upon thee and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee: wherefore also the thing being born holy will be called Son of God. 36 And behold Elizabeth the relative of thee also she conceived a son in old age of her; and this month sixth is with her the one being called barren: 37 because will not be impossible with God every word. 38 And said Mary: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; may it be to me according to the word of thee. And went away from her the angel. 39 And rising up Mary in days these he went to the mountain country with haste  to a city

of Juda. 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And it came to pass when heard the greeting of Mary Elizabeth, leaped the babe in the womb of her, and was filled of with Spirit the Holy Elizabeth. 42 and she called out cry with a great and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of the womb of thee. 43 And whence to me this that comes the mother of the Lord of me to me? 44 For behold when came the sound of the greeting of thee in the ears of me, leaped in gladness the babe in the womb of me. 45 And blessed the one believing because there shall be a completion to the things having been spoken to her from the Lord. 46 And said Mary; Magnifies the soul of me the Lord, 47 and exulted the spirit of me in God the saviour of me;48 because he looked on upon the humiliation of the handmaid of him. For behold from now will deem blessed me all the generations 49 because did to me great things the Mighty one And holy the name of him, 50 and the mercy of him to generations and generations to the ones fearing him. 51 He did might with the arm of him. he scattered haughty ones in the understanding of the heart of them; 52 he pulled down potentates from thrones and exalted humble ones. 53 hungering ones he filled of with good things and rich ones he sent away empty. 54 He succoured

 

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