Now they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in years.

"And behold your kinswoman, Elizabeth, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this was the sixth month with her that was called barren.

"but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have never bore children, and the breasts that never suckled.'

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is barren.

For it is written, Rejoice, O thou barren one who dost never bear, Break forth in joy, thou that dost not travail; For the children of the desolate woman are many. Yea, more than hers who has a husband.

But do you want to be convinced, O foolish man, that faith apart from deeds is barren?