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He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy

(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

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

And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

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

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

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

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

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant David

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

To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.

And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus , which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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

And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were spoken concerning him;