Luke 1:53-60 Modern English Version (MEV)

53. He has filled the hungry with good things,and the rich He has sent away empty.

54. He has helped His servant Israel,in remembrance of His mercy,

55. as He spoke to our fathers,to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

56. Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her own house.

57. Now Elizabeth’s time had come to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.

58. Her neighbors and cousins heard how the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

59. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they were calling him Zechariah, after the name of his father.

60. But his mother answered, “Not so! He shall be called John.”

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