Luke 1:16-25

¹⁶And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

¹⁷And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

¹⁸And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

¹⁹And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

²⁰Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

²¹And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

²²And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

²³And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

²⁴After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

²⁵The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.