Luke 1: 57 - 66, 80
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| 57
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Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth to a son.
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| 58
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And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
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| 59
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And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechari'ah after his father,
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| 60
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but his mother said, "Not so; he shall be called John."
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| 61
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And they said to her, "None of your kindred is called by this name."
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| 62
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And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called.
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| 63
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And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." And they all marveled.
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| 64
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And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.
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| 65
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And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea;
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| 66
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and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him.
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| 80
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And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.
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