Luke 1: 67 - 79
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| 67
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And his father Zechari'ah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
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| 68
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"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people,
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| 69
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and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
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| 70
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as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
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| 71
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that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;
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| 72
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to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant,
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| 73
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the oath which he swore to our father Abraham,
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| 74
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to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
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| 75
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in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
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| 76
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And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
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| 77
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to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,
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| 78
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through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high
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| 79
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to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
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