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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="LUK.1.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.1.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.1.58"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="LUK.1.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, </span></span><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.1.60"><span class="label">60</span><span class="content">but his mother spoke up and said, &#8220;No! He is to be called John.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.1.60"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.1.61"><span class="label">61</span><span class="content">They said to her, &#8220;There is no one among your relatives who has that name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.1.61"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="LUK.1.62"><span class="label">62</span><span class="content">Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. </span></span><span class="verse v63" data-usfm="LUK.1.63"><span class="label">63</span><span class="content">He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone&#8217;s astonishment he wrote, &#8220;His name is John.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v64" data-usfm="LUK.1.64"><span class="label">64</span><span class="content">Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. </span></span><span class="verse v65" data-usfm="LUK.1.65"><span class="label">65</span><span class="content">All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. </span></span><span class="verse v66" data-usfm="LUK.1.66"><span class="label">66</span><span class="content">Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, &#8220;What then is this child going to be?&#8221; For the Lord&#8217;s hand was with him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zechariah&#8217;s Song</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v66" data-usfm="LUK.1.66"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="LUK.1.67"><span class="label">67</span><span class="content">His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="LUK.1.67"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="label">68</span><span class="content">&#8220;Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="content">because he has come to his people and redeemed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="label">69</span><span class="content">He has raised up a horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:69 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes a strong king.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of salvation for us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="content">in the house of his servant David</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.1.70"><span class="label">70</span><span class="content">(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.1.70"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="label">71</span><span class="content">salvation from our enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="content">and from the hand of all who hate us&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="label">72</span><span class="content">to show mercy to our ancestors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="content">and to remember his holy covenant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v73" data-usfm="LUK.1.73"><span class="label">73</span><span class="content">the oath he swore to our father Abraham:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v73" data-usfm="LUK.1.73"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="label">74</span><span class="content">to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="content">and to enable us to serve him without fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="LUK.1.75"><span class="label">75</span><span class="content">in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="LUK.1.75"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="label">76</span><span class="content">And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="content">for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="label">77</span><span class="content">to give his people the knowledge of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="content">through the forgiveness of their sins,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="label">78</span><span class="content">because of the tender mercy of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="content">by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="label">79</span><span class="content">to shine on those living in darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">and in the shadow of death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">to guide our feet into the path of peace.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v80" data-usfm="LUK.1.80"><span class="label">80</span><span class="content">And the child grew and became strong in spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:80 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content">; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.</span></span></div>
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