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38And Mary said, “Behold, the maidservant of the LORD; let it be to me according to your saying,” and the messenger went away from her.
39And Mary having arisen in those days, went into the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,
40and entered into the house of Zacharias, and greeted Elizabeth.
41And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the baby leapt in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,
42and spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed [are] you among women, and blessed [is] the Fruit of your womb;
43and from where [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come to me?
44For behold, when the voice of your salutation came to my ears, the baby in my womb leapt in gladness;