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And his mercy is on them that fear him, from generation to generation.

He hath wrought strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

He hath helped his servant Israel,

in remembrance of his mercy, As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

But his mother answering said, Nay, but he shall be called John.

And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

And asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, praising God.

And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;

for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us, in the house of his servant David:

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies,

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant,

And thou, child, shalt be a prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways,

To give knowledge of salvation to his people, by the remission of their sins,

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts, till the day of his being shewn to Israel.

And all went to be inrolled, every one to his own city.

(because he was of the family and houshold of David) To be inrolled with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child.

And when eight days were fulfilled, to circumcise the child, his name was called Jesus, which was named of the angel, before he was conceived in the womb.