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Luke 1 : 57 - 76
Chapter 1
57 | Now Elizabeth's full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son. |
58 | When her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her. |
59 | So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias. |
60 | His mother answered and said, "No; he shall be called John." |
61 | But they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name." |
62 | So they made signs to his father--what he would have him called. |
63 | And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, "His name is John." So they all marveled. |
64 | Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God. |
65 | Then fear came on all who dwelt around them; and all these sayings were discussed throughout all the hill country of Judea. |
66 | And all those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, "What kind of child will this be?" And the hand of the Lord was with him. |
67 | Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: |
68 | "Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people, |
69 | And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David, |
70 | As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, Who have been since the world began, |
71 | That we should be saved from our enemies And from the hand of all who hate us, |
72 | To perform the mercy promised to our fathers And to remember His holy covenant, |
73 | The oath which He swore to our father Abraham: |
74 | To grant us that we, Being delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, |
75 | In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life. |
76 | "And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, |