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He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy

(As he spoke to our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed forever."

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

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

He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." They all marveled.

His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and worked redemption for his people;

And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

(As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

To show mercy towards our fathers, To remember his holy covenant,

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways,

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

The child grew, and grew strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.

When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,