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Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
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And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her; and they
rejoiced with her.
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And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise
the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his
father.
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And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
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And they said
unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
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And they made signs
to his father, how he would have him called.
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And he asked for a writing table, and wrote,
saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
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And his mouth was opened immediately,
and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
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And fear came on all that dwelt
round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
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And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the
Lord was with
him.
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And his father Zacharias was filled with the
Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
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Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited
and redeemed his people,
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And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house
of his servant David;
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As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been
since the world began:
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That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of
all that hate us;
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To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy
covenant;
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The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
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That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
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In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
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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;
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To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission
of their sins,
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Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high
hath visited us,
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To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit,
and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.
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