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- Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.
- Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her.
- And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.
- But his mother answered and said, "No indeed; but he shall be called John."
- And they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name."
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- And they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called.
- And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." And they were all astonished.
- And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God.
- Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea.
- All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, "What then will this child turn out to be?" For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him.
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- And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
- "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,
- And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant--
- As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old--
- Salvation FROM OUR ENEMIES, And FROM THE HAND OF ALL WHO HATE US;
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- To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,
- The oath which He swore to Abraham our father,
- To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear,
- In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
- "And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on BEFORE THE LORD TO PREPARE HIS WAYS;
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- To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,
- Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
- TO SHINE UPON THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH, To guide our feet into the way of peace."
- And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
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