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Luke - ch 1 v 61 - 80
- And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.
- And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.
- And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.
- And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.
- And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.
- And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
- And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:
- Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,
- Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
- (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)
- Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us;
- To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,
- The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,
- That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,
- In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.
- And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;
- To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,
- Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
- To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.
- And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.
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