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For he shall be great before [the] Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with [the] Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

And the people were awaiting Zacharias, and they wondered at his delaying in the temple.

And it came to pass, when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his house.

Now after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

But she, [seeing] [the angel], was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.

and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

*He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of [the] Highest; and [the] Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;

and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end.

For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy [is] his name;

and his mercy [is] to generations and generations to them that fear him.

He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.

He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy,

(as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that [the] Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

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

And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.

And they made signs to his father as to what he might wish it to be called.

And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.

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