A week later, Mary went hurriedly to the hill country into a city in Judea. She went into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby inside her leaped in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
She lifted up her voice with a loud cry and said,
“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why am I so honored that the mother of my Lord should visit me?”
Mary then began to magnify the Lord and to rejoice in God her Savior.
Mary stayed with her cousin Elizabeth for three months.
