Luke 1:55-75

⁵⁵toward Abraham and his offspring for ever, as he spoke to our fathers.

⁵⁶And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.

⁵⁷Now Elizabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

⁵⁸And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had showed great mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they were about to call him Zachariah, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰And his mother answering said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

⁶¹And they said to her, There is no one of thy kindred that is called by this name.

⁶²And they made signs to his father, how he would have him named.

⁶³And he asked for a writing-tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marveled.

⁶⁴And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue was loosed; and he spoke, blessing God.

⁶⁵And fear came on all that dwelt around them; and all these things were talked of throughout the whole of the hill-country of Judaea.

⁶⁶And all that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What then will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁶⁷And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

⁶⁸Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

⁶⁹and hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David his servant,—

⁷⁰as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets of old,

⁷¹salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us,

⁷²to accomplish his mercy toward our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant,

⁷³the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,

⁷⁴to grant to us, that being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we might worship him without fear,

⁷⁵in holiness and righteousness before him, all our days.