Luke 1:46-55 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowly state of his servant. Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name; indeed, his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the…
Luke 1:24-45 After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she remained in seclusion. She said, “This is what the Lord has done for me in this time, when he looked favorably on me and took away the disgrace I have endured among my people.” In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house…
Luke 1:8-20 Once when [Zechariah] was serving as priest before God during his section’s turn of duty, he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord to offer incense. Now at the time of the incense offering, the whole assembly of the people was praying outside. Then there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him,…
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 You who are my Comforter in sorrow,my heart is faint within me. Listen to the cry of my peoplefrom a land far away:“Is the Lord not in Zion?Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they aroused my anger with their images,with their worthless foreign idols?” “The harvest is past,the summer has ended,and we are not saved.” Since my people are crushed, I am crushed;I mourn, and horror grips me. Is there no balm in Gilead?Is there no physician there?Why then is there…
