Invitro

for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:

`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests--there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

`Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask--it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. The heavens <FI>are<Fi> recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse <FI>is<Fi> declaring.