15 And behold thy cousin Elizabeth,
she also hath conceived a son in her
old age.
16 And this now is the sixth
month with her, who was called
barren: for nothing is impossible
with God.
17 And Mary said, Behold the
handmaid of the Lord; let it be
unto me according to thy word.
18 And when she had wrought
her purple, she carried it to the
high-priest, and the high-priest
blessed her, saying, Mary, the
Lord God hath magnified thy name,
and thou shalt be blessed in all the
ages of the world.
19 Then Mary, filled with joy,
went away to her cousin Elizabeth,
and knocked at the door.
20 Which when Elizabeth heard,
she ran and opened to her, and
blessed her, and said, Whence is
this to me, that the mother of my
Lord should come unto me?
21 For lo! as soon as the voice
of thy salutation reached my ears,
that which is in me leaped and
blessed thee.
22 But Mary, being ignorant of
all those mysterious things which
the archangel Gabriel had spoken
to her, lifted up her eyes to heaven,
and said, Lord! What am I, that
all the generations of the earth
should call me blessed?
23 But perceiving herself daily
to grow big, and being afraid, she
went home, and hid herself from
the children of Israel; and was
fourteen years old when all these
things happened.