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Luke - ch 1 v 61 - 80
- And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
- And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
- And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered.
- And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.
- And fear came upon all their neighbours; and all these things were noised abroad over all the hill country of Judea.
- And all they that had heard them laid them up in their heart, saying: What an one, think ye, shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
- And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost; and he prophesied, saying:
- Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:
- And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant:
- As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the beginning:
- Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us:
- To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy testament,
- The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us,
- That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear,
- In holiness and justice before him, all our days.
- And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:
- To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins:
- Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:
- To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.
- And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit; and was in the deserts until the day of his manifestation to Israel.
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