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b'Luke 1:57-80 (ESV)
\\n57\\xa0Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. 58\\xa0And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. 59\\xa0And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, 60\\xa0but his mother answered, \\u201cNo; he shall be called John.\\u201d 61\\xa0And they said to her, \\u201cNone of your relatives is called by this name.\\u201d 62\\xa0And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called. 63\\xa0And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, \\u201cHis name is John.\\u201d And they all wondered. 64\\xa0And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. 65\\xa0And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea, 66\\xa0and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, \\u201cWhat then will this child be?\\u201d For the hand of the Lord was with him.
\\n67\\xa0And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
\\n68\\xa0 \\u201cBlessed be the Lord God of Israel,
\\nfor he has visited and redeemed his people
\\n69\\xa0 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
\\nin the house of his servant David,
\\n70\\xa0 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
\\n71\\xa0 that we should be saved from our enemies
\\nand from the hand of all who hate us;
\\n72\\xa0 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
\\nand to remember his holy covenant,
\\n73\\xa0 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
\\n74\\xa0 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
\\nmight serve him without fear,
\\n75\\xa0 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
\\n76\\xa0 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
\\nfor you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
\\n77\\xa0 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
\\nin the forgiveness of their sins,
\\n78\\xa0 because of the tender mercy of our God,
\\nwhereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
\\n79\\xa0 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
\\nto guide our feet into the way of peace.\\u201d
\\n80\\xa0And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
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\\n* Neighbors
\\n* Elizabeth and Zechariah
\\n* God
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