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