1 39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, 1 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 1 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 1 42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 1 43 And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 1 44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. 1 45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."