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The Dedication to Theophilus

1Many have undertaken to compile a narrative about the events that have been fulfilled among us,G1895G4183G2021G392G1335G4012G4229G4135G1722G2254
2just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.G2531G3860G2254G3588G575G746G1096G845G2532G5257G3056
3It also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in orderly sequence, most honorable Theophilus,G1380G2504G199G3877G3956G509G1125G4671G2517G2903G2321
4so that you may know the certainty of the things about which you have been instructed.G2443G1921G803G4012G3056G3739G2727

Gabriel Predicts John’s Birth

5In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah's division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.G1096G1722G2250G2264G935G2449G5100G2409G3686G2197G1537G2183G7G2532G846G1135G1537G2364G2G2532G846G3686G1665
6Both were righteous in God's sight, living without blame according to all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.G1161G2258G297G1342G1799G2316G4198G1722G3956G1785G2532G1345G2962G273
7But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well along in years.G2532G846G2258G3756G5043G2530G1665G2258G4723G2532G846G297G2258G4260G1722G2250
8When his division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,G1161G1096G1722G846G2407G1725G2316G1722G5010G846G2183
9it happened that he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.G2596G1485G2405G2975G2370G1525G1519G3485G2962
10At the hour of incense the whole assembly of the people was praying outside.G2532G3956G4128G2992G2258G4336G1854G5610G2368
11An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.G1161G3700G846G32G2962G2476G1537G1188G2379G2368
12When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and overcome with fear.G2532G2197G1492G5015G2532G5401G1968G1909G846
13But the angel said to him: Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.G1161G32G2036G4314G846G5399G3361G2197G1360G4675G1162G1522G2532G4675G1135G1665G1080G4671G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G2491
14There will be joy and delight for you, and many will rejoice at his birth.G2532G4671G2071G5479G2532G20G2532G4183G5463G1909G846G1083
15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or beer. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother's womb.G1063G2071G3173G1799G2962G2532G4095G3364G3631G2532G4608G2532G4130G40G4151G2089G1537G846G3384G2836
16He will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.G2532G4183G5207G2474G1994G1909G2962G846G2316
17And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.G2532G846G4281G1799G846G1722G4151G2532G1411G2243G1994G2588G3962G1909G5043G2532G545G1722G5428G1342G2090G2992G2680G2962
18"How can I know this?" Zechariah asked the angel. "For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years."G2532G2197G2036G4314G32G2596G5101G1097G5124G1063G1473G1510G4246G2532G3450G1135G4260G1722G2250G846
19The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and tell you this good news.G2532G32G611G2036G846G1473G1510G1043G3936G1799G2316G2532G649G2980G4314G4571G2532G2097G4671G5023G2097
20Now listen! You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."G2532G2400G2071G4623G2532G3361G1410G2980G891G2250G3739G5023G1096G473G3739G4100G3756G3450G3056G3748G4137G1519G846G2540
21Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah, amazed that he stayed so long in the sanctuary.G2532G2992G2258G4328G2197G2532G2296G1722G846G5549G1722G3485
22When he did come out, he could not speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained speechless.G1161G1831G1410G3756G2980G846G2532G1921G3754G3708G3701G1722G3485G2532G846G2258G1269G846G2532G1265G2974
23When the days of his ministry were completed, he went back home.G2532G1096G5613G2250G846G3009G4130G565G1519G846G3624
24After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said,G1161G3326G5025G2250G846G1135G1665G4815G2532G4032G1438G4002G3376G3004
25"The Lord has done this for me. He has looked with favor in these days to take away my disgrace among the people."G3754G3779G4160G2962G4160G3427G1722G2250G3739G1896G851G3450G3681G1722G444

Gabriel Predicts Jesus’ Birth

26In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,G1161G1722G1623G3376G32G1043G649G5259G2316G1519G4172G1056G3739G3686G3478
27to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.G4314G3933G3423G435G3739G3686G2501G1537G3624G1138G2532G3933G3686G3137
28And [the angel] came to her and said, "Rejoice, favored woman! The Lord is with you."G2532G32G1525G4314G846G2036G5463G5487G2962G3326G4675G2127G4771G1722G1135
29But she was deeply troubled by this statement, wondering what kind of greeting this could be.G1161G1492G1298G1909G846G3056G2532G1260G4217G783G3778G1498
30Then the angel told her: Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.G2532G32G2036G846G5399G3361G3137G1063G2147G5485G3844G2316
31Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will call His name JESUS.G2532G2400G4815G1722G1064G2532G5088G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G2424
32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.G3778G2071G3173G2532G2564G5207G5310G2532G2962G2316G1325G846G2362G846G3962G1138
33He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.G2532G936G1909G3624G2384G1519G165G2532G846G932G2071G3756G5056
34Mary asked the angel, "How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?"G1161G2036G3137G4314G32G4459G2071G5124G2071G1893G1097G3756G435
35The angel replied to her: The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.G2532G32G611G2036G846G40G4151G1904G1909G4571G2532G1411G5310G1982G4671G1352G2532G40G1080G1537G4675G2564G5207G2316
36And consider your relative Elizabeth— even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren.G2532G2400G4675G4773G1665G846G4815G2532G4815G5207G1722G846G1094G2532G3778G2076G1623G3376G846G3588G2564G4723
37For nothing will be impossible with God."G3754G3844G2316G3756G3956G4487G101
38"I am the Lord's slave," said Mary. "May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel left her.G1161G3137G2036G2400G1399G2962G1096G3427G2596G4675G4487G2532G32G565G575G846

Mary’s Visit to Elizabeth

39In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of JudahG1161G3137G450G1722G5025G2250G4198G1519G3714G3326G4710G1519G4172G2448
40where she entered Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth.G2532G1525G1519G3624G2197G2532G782G1665
41When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped inside her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.G2532G1096G5613G1665G191G783G3137G1025G4640G1722G846G2836G2532G1665G4130G40G4151
42Then she exclaimed with a loud cry: You are the most blessed of women, and your child will be blessed!G2532G400G3173G5456G2532G2036G2127G4771G1722G1135G2532G2127G2590G4675G2836
43How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?G2532G4159G5124G3427G2443G3384G3450G2962G2064G4314G3165
44For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me!G1063G2400G5613G5456G4675G783G1096G1519G3450G3775G1025G4640G1722G3450G2836G1722G20
45She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled!"G2532G3107G4100G3754G2071G5050G2980G846G3844G2962

Mary’s Praise

46And Mary said: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,G2532G3137G2036G3450G5590G3170G2962
47and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,G2532G3450G4151G21G1909G2316G3450G4990
48because He has looked with favor on the humble condition of His slave. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed,G3754G1914G1909G5014G846G1399G1063G2400G575G3568G3956G1074G3106G3165G3106
49because the Mighty One has done great things for me, and His name is holy.G3754G1415G4160G3427G3167G2532G40G846G3686
50His mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear Him.G2532G846G1656G5399G846G1519G1074G1074
51He has done a mighty deed with His arm; He has scattered the proud because of the thoughts of their hearts;G4160G2904G1722G846G1023G1287G5244G1271G846G2588
52He has toppled the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly.G2507G1413G575G2362G2532G5312G5011
53He has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.G1705G3983G18G2532G4147G1821G2756G1821
54He has helped His servant Israel, mindful of His mercy,G482G846G3816G2474G3415G1656
55just as He spoke to our ancestors, to Abraham and his descendants forever.G2531G2980G4314G2257G3962G11G2532G846G4690G1519G165
56And Mary stayed with her about three months; then she returned to her home.G1161G3137G3306G4862G846G5616G5140G3376G2532G5290G1519G846G3624

The Birth and Naming of John

57Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.G1161G1665G4130G5550G4130G846G5088G2532G1080G5207
58Then her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her His great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.G2532G4040G2532G846G4773G191G3754G2962G3170G1656G846G3326G846G2532G4796G846
59When they came to circumcise the child on the eighth day, they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.G2532G1096G1722G3590G2250G2064G4059G3813G2532G2564G846G2197G1909G3686G846G3962
60But his mother responded, "No! He will be called John."G2532G846G3384G611G2036G3780G235G2564G2491
61Then they said to her, "None of your relatives has that name."G2532G2036G4314G846G3754G2076G3762G1722G4675G4772G3739G2564G5129G3686
62So they motioned to his father to find out what he wanted him to be called.G1161G1770G846G3962G5101G302G2309G846G2564
63He asked for a writing tablet and wrote: HIS NAME IS JOHN And they were all amazed.G2532G154G4093G1125G3004G846G3686G2076G2491G2532G2296G3956
64Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue [set free], and he began to speak, praising God.G1161G846G4750G455G3916G2532G846G1100G2532G2980G2127G2316
65Fear came on all those who lived around them, and all these things were being talked about throughout the hill country of Judea.G2532G5401G1096G1909G3956G4039G846G2532G3956G5023G4487G1255G1722G3650G3714G2449
66All who heard about [him] took [it] to heart, saying, "What then will this child become?" For, indeed, the Lord's hand was with him.G2532G3956G191G5087G1722G846G2588G3004G5101G686G3813G2071G5124G2071G2532G5495G2962G2258G3326G846

Zechariah’s Prophecy

67Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:G2532G846G3962G2197G4130G40G4151G2532G4395G3004
68Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and provided redemption for His people.G2128G2962G2316G2474G3754G1980G2532G3085G846G2992G4160
69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,G2532G1453G2768G4991G2254G1722G3624G846G3816G1138
70just as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets in ancient times;G2531G2980G1223G4750G846G40G4396G3588G575G165
71salvation from our enemies and from the clutches of those who hate us.G4991G1537G2257G2190G2532G1537G5495G3956G3404G2248
72He has dealt mercifully with our fathers and remembered His holy covenant—G4160G1656G3326G2257G3962G2532G3415G846G40G1242
73the oath that He swore to our father Abraham. He has given us the privilege,G3727G3739G3660G4314G2257G3962G11
74since we have been rescued from our enemies' clutches, to serve Him without fearG1325G2254G4506G1537G5495G2257G2190G3000G846G870
75in holiness and righteousness in His presence all our days.G1722G3742G2532G1343G1799G846G3956G2250G2257G2222
76And child, you will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways,G2532G4771G3813G2564G4396G5310G1063G4313G4253G4383G2962G2090G846G3598
77to give His people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.G1325G1108G4991G846G2992G1722G859G846G266
78Because of our God's merciful compassion, the Dawn from on high will visit usG1223G4698G1656G2257G2316G1722G3739G395G1537G5311G1980G2248
79to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.G2014G2521G1722G4655G2532G4639G2288G2720G2257G4228G1519G3598G1515
80The child grew up and became spiritually strong, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.G1161G3813G837G2532G2901G4151G2532G2258G1722G2048G2193G2250G846G323G4314G2474


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