Jesus

He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever.

And of his kingdom there shall be no end.

And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord.

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy.

And her neighbors and kinsfolks heard that the Lord had shewed his great mercy towards her: and they congratulated with her.

And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant.

The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us.

That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear:

In holiness and justice before him, all our days.

And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger: because there was no room for them in the inn.

For, this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.

And they came with haste: and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.

And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken to them concerning this child.

And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, which was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord:

As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord:

And he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when his parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

He also took him into his arms and blessed God and said

Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace: