Elisabeth

⁵ In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

⁶ Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

⁷ But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

²⁴ After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,

²⁵ “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”

Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.

³⁹ In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,

⁴⁰ where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

⁴¹ When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.