²⁴ After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion.

²⁵ “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace^(A) among the people.”

³⁶ Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child^(A) in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.

³⁷ For no word from God will ever fail.”^(A)

⁵⁸ Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.