Luke 1:8-20

⁸Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

⁹And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

¹⁰And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.

¹¹And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.

¹²And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.

¹³But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

¹⁴And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

¹⁵For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

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.