Luke 1:62-76
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62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
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63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
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64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
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65 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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66 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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67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
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68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
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69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
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70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
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71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
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72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
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73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
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74 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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75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
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76 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;