Luke 1:46-55

Mary’s Song of Praise: The Magnificat

46And Mary said,

^a“My ^bsoul ^cmagnifies the Lord,
47 ^dand my ^espirit rejoices in ^fGod my Savior,
48for ^ghe has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
For behold, from now on all generations ^hwill call me blessed;
49for ⁱhe who is mighty ^jhas done great things for me,
and ^kholy is his name.
50And ^lhis mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
51 ^mHe has shown strength with his arm;
ⁿhe has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 ^ohe has brought down the mighty from their thrones
^pand exalted those of humble estate;
53he has filled ^qthe hungry with good things,
and the rich ^rhe has sent away empty.
54He has ^shelped ^this servant Israel,
^uin remembrance of his mercy,
55 ^vas he spoke to our fathers,
^wto Abraham and to his offspring forever.”

Luke 1:67-79

Zechariah’s Prophecy

67And his father Zechariah ^xwas filled with the Holy Spirit and ^yprophesied, saying,

68 ^z“Blessed be the Lord ^aaGod of Israel,
for he has ^abvisited and ^acredeemed his people
69and ^adhas raised up ^aea horn of salvation for us
^afin the house of his servant David,
70 ^agas ^ahhe spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 ^aithat we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 ^ajto show the mercy promised to our fathers
and ^akto remember his holy ^alcovenant,
73 ^amthe oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him ^anwithout fear,
75 ^aoin holiness and righteousness before him ^apall our days.
76And you, child, will be called ^aqthe prophet of ^arthe Most High;
for ^asyou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77to give knowledge of salvation to his people
^atin the forgiveness of their sins,
78because of the ^autender mercy of our God,
whereby ^avthe sunrise shall ^awvisit us ▼

▼Or when the sunrise shall dawn upon us; some manuscripts since the sunrise has visited us

^ayfrom on high
79to ^azgive light to ^bathose who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into ^bbthe way of ^bcpeace.”

Luke 2:34-38

34And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed ^bdfor the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign ^bethat is opposed 35(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

36And there was ^bfa prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. ▼

▼Or  as a widow for eighty-four years

She did not depart from the temple, ^bhworshiping with ^bifasting and prayer night and day. 38And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were ^bjwaiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.