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<bible version='kjv' description='The King James Bible with Strongs Numbers' language='ENG' strongs='true'>
  <book number='42' name='' abbreviation='Lk' testament='new'>
    <chapter number='1'>
      <verse number='1'><strongs number="1895">Forasmuch</strongs>as <strongs number="4183">many</strongs>have taken in <strongs number="2021">hand</strongs>to set forth in <strongs number="392">order</strongs>a <strongs number="1335">declaration</strongs><strongs number="4012">of</strongs>those <strongs number="4229">things</strongs>which are most surely <strongs number="4135">believed</strongs><strongs number="1722">among</strongs><strongs number="2254">us</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='2'>Even <strongs number="2531">as</strongs>they <strongs number="3860">delivered</strongs>them unto <strongs number="2254">us</strongs>, which from the beginning <strongs number="1096 575 746">were</strongs><strongs number="845">eyewitnesses</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="5257">ministers</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3056">word</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='3'>It seemed <strongs number="1380">good</strongs>to me <strongs number="2504">also</strongs>, having had <strongs number="199">perfect</strongs><strongs number="3877">understanding</strongs>of all <strongs number="3956">things</strongs>from the very <strongs number="509">first</strongs>, to <strongs number="1125">write</strongs>unto <strongs number="4671">thee</strongs>in <strongs number="2517">order</strongs>, most <strongs number="2903">excellent</strongs><strongs number="2321">Theophilus</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='4'><strongs number="2443">That</strongs>thou mightest <strongs number="1921">know</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="803">certainty</strongs>of those <strongs number="3056">things</strongs>, <strongs number="4012 3739">wherein</strongs>thou hast been <strongs number="2727">instructed</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'>There <strongs number="1096">was</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs>of <strongs number="2264">Herod</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="935">king</strongs>of <strongs number="2449">Judea</strongs>, a <strongs number="5100">certain</strongs><strongs number="2409">priest</strongs><strongs number="3686">named</strongs><strongs number="2197">Zacharias</strongs>, <strongs number="1537">of</strongs>the <strongs number="2183">course</strongs>of <strongs number="7">Abijah</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="1135">wife</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="1537">of</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2364">daughters</strongs>of <strongs number="2">Aaron</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="846">her</strongs><strongs number="3686">name</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="1665">Elisabeth</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>they <strongs number="2258">were</strongs><strongs number="297">both</strongs><strongs number="1342">righteous</strongs><strongs number="1799">before</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>, <strongs number="4198">walking</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1785">commandments</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1345">ordinances</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs><strongs number="273">blameless</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>they <strongs number="2258 846">had</strongs><strongs number="3756">no</strongs><strongs number="5043">child</strongs>, because <strongs number="2530">that</strongs><strongs number="1665">Elisabeth</strongs><strongs number="2258">was</strongs><strongs number="4723">barren</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>they <strongs number="297">both</strongs><strongs number="2258">were</strongs><em> now </em>well <strongs number="4260">stricken</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="2250">years</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>it came to <strongs number="1096">pass</strongs>, that while <strongs number="846">he</strongs>executed the priest's <strongs number="2407">office</strongs><strongs number="1725">before</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="5010">order</strongs>of <strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="2183">course</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="2596">According</strongs>to <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1485">custom</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs>priest's <strongs number="2405">office</strongs>, his lot <strongs number="2975">was</strongs>to burn <strongs number="2370">incense</strongs>when he <strongs number="1525">went</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3485">temple</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3956">whole</strongs><strongs number="4128">multitude</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2992">people</strongs><strongs number="2258">were</strongs><strongs number="4336">praying</strongs><strongs number="1854">without</strongs>at <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="5610">time</strongs>of <strongs number="2368">incense</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>there <strongs number="3700">appeared</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">him</strongs>an <strongs number="32">angel</strongs>of the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs><strongs number="2476">standing</strongs><strongs number="1537">on</strongs>the right <strongs number="1188">side</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2379">altar</strongs>of <strongs number="2368">incense</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>when <strongs number="2197">Zacharias</strongs><strongs number="1492">saw</strongs><em> him, </em>he was <strongs number="5015">troubled</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="5401">fear</strongs><strongs number="1968">fell</strongs><strongs number="1909">upon</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'><strongs number="1161">But</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>, <strongs number="5399">Fear</strongs><strongs number="3361">not</strongs>, <strongs number="2197">Zacharias</strongs>: <strongs number="1360">for</strongs><strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="1162">prayer</strongs>is <strongs number="1522">heard</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="1135">wife</strongs><strongs number="1665">Elisabeth</strongs>shall <strongs number="1080">bear</strongs><strongs number="4671">thee</strongs>a <strongs number="5207">son</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>thou shalt <strongs number="2564">call</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3686">name</strongs><strongs number="2491">John</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="4671">thou</strongs>shalt <strongs number="2071">have</strongs><strongs number="5479">joy</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="20">gladness</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4183">many</strongs>shall <strongs number="5463">rejoice</strongs><strongs number="1909">at</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="1083">birth</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'><strongs number="1063">For</strongs>he shall <strongs number="2071">be</strongs><strongs number="3173">great</strongs>in the <strongs number="1799">sight</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>shall <strongs number="4095">drink</strongs><strongs number="3364">neither</strongs><strongs number="3631">wine</strongs><strongs number="2532">nor</strongs>strong <strongs number="4608">drink</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>he shall be <strongs number="4130">filled</strongs>with the <strongs number="40">Holy</strongs><strongs number="4151">Ghost</strongs>, <strongs number="2089">even</strongs><strongs number="1537">from</strongs><strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="3384">mother</strongs>'s <strongs number="2836">womb</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="4183">many</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="5207">children</strongs>of <strongs number="2474">Israel</strongs>shall he <strongs number="1994">turn</strongs><strongs number="1909">to</strongs>the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs><strongs number="846">their</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="846">he</strongs>shall <strongs number="4281">go</strongs><strongs number="1799">before</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>in the <strongs number="4151">spirit</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1411">power</strongs>of <strongs number="2243">Elijah</strongs>, to <strongs number="1994">turn</strongs>the <strongs number="2588">hearts</strongs>of the <strongs number="3962">fathers</strongs><strongs number="1909">to</strongs>the <strongs number="5043">children</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>the <strongs number="545">disobedient</strongs><strongs number="1722">to</strongs>the <strongs number="5428">wisdom</strongs>of the <strongs number="1342">just</strongs>; to make <strongs number="2090">ready</strongs>a <strongs number="2992">people</strongs><strongs number="2680">prepared</strongs>for the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='18'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="2197">Zacharias</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs>, <strongs number="2596 5101">Whereby</strongs>shall I <strongs number="1097">know</strongs><strongs number="5124">this</strongs>? <strongs number="1063">for</strongs><strongs number="1473">I</strongs><strongs number="1510">am</strongs>an old <strongs number="4246">man</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3450">my</strongs><strongs number="1135">wife</strongs>well <strongs number="4260">stricken</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="2250">years</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='19'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs><strongs number="611">answering</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">him</strongs>, <strongs number="1473">I</strongs><strongs number="1510">am</strongs><strongs number="1043">Gabriel</strongs>, that <strongs number="3936">stand</strongs>in the <strongs number="1799">presence</strongs>of <strongs number="2316">God</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>am <strongs number="649">sent</strongs>to <strongs number="2980">speak</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="4571">thee</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>to show thee these glad <strongs number="2097 4671 5023">tidings</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>, <strongs number="2400">behold</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs number="2071">be</strongs><strongs number="4623">dumb</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3361">not</strongs><strongs number="1410">able</strongs>to <strongs number="2980">speak</strongs>, <strongs number="891">until</strongs><strongs number="*3739">the</strongs><strongs number="2250">day</strongs>that these <strongs number="5023">things</strongs>shall be <strongs number="1096">performed</strongs>, <strongs number="473">because</strongs><strongs number="*3739">thou</strongs><strongs number="4100">believest</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="3450">my</strongs><strongs number="3056">words</strongs>, <strongs number="3748">which</strongs>shall be <strongs number="4137">fulfilled</strongs><strongs number="1519">in</strongs><strongs number="848">their</strongs><strongs number="2540">season</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='21'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2992">people</strongs>waited <strongs number="2258 4328">for</strongs><strongs number="2197">Zacharias</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2296">marveled</strongs>that <strongs number="846">he</strongs>tarried so <strongs number="5549">long</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3485">temple</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='22'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>when he came <strongs number="1831">out</strongs>, he <strongs number="1410">could</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="2980">speak</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>they <strongs number="1921">perceived</strongs><strongs number="3754">that</strongs>he had <strongs number="3708">seen</strongs>a <strongs number="3701">vision</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3485">temple</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">for</strongs><strongs number="846">he</strongs><strongs number="2258 1269">beckoned</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1265">remained</strongs><strongs number="2974">speechless</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='23'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>it came to <strongs number="1096">pass</strongs>, that, as soon <strongs number="5613">as</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs>of <strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3009">ministration</strongs>were <strongs number="4130">accomplished</strongs>, he <strongs number="565">departed</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs>his <strongs number="848">own</strongs><strongs number="3624">house</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='24'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="3326">after</strongs><strongs number="5025">those</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="1135">wife</strongs><strongs number="1665">Elisabeth</strongs><strongs number="4815">conceived</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4032">hid</strongs><strongs number="1438">herself</strongs><strongs number="4002">five</strongs><strongs number="3376">months</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='25'><strongs number="3779">Thus</strongs>hath <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs><strongs number="4160">dealt</strongs>with <strongs number="3427">me</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs><strongs number="3739">wherein</strongs>he looked <strongs number="1896">on</strongs><em> me, </em>to take <strongs number="851">away</strongs><strongs number="3450">my</strongs><strongs number="3681">reproach</strongs><strongs number="1722">among</strongs><strongs number="444">men</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='26'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1623">sixth</strongs><strongs number="3376">month</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs><strongs number="1043">Gabriel</strongs>was <strongs number="649">sent</strongs><strongs number="5259">from</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="1519">unto</strongs>a <strongs number="4172">city</strongs>of <strongs number="1056">Galilee</strongs>, <strongs number="3686">named</strongs><strongs number="3478">Nazareth</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='27'><strongs number="4314">To</strongs>a <strongs number="3933">virgin</strongs><strongs number="3423">espoused</strongs>to a <strongs number="435">man</strongs><strongs number="3739">whose</strongs><strongs number="3686">name</strongs>was <strongs number="2501">Joseph</strongs>, <strongs number="1537">of</strongs>the <strongs number="3624">house</strongs>of <strongs number="1138">David</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3933">virgin</strongs>'s <strongs number="3686">name</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='28'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs>came <strongs number="1525">in</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="846">her</strongs>, and <strongs number="2036">said</strongs>, <strongs number="5463">Hail</strongs>, <em> thou </em><em> that </em><em> art </em>highly <strongs number="5487">favored</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="3326">with</strongs><strongs number="4675">thee</strongs>: <strongs number="2127">blessed</strongs><em> art </em><strongs number="4771">thou</strongs><strongs number="1722">among</strongs><strongs number="1135">women</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='29'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>when <strongs number="3588">she</strongs><strongs number="1492">saw</strongs><em> him, </em>she was <strongs number="1298">troubled</strongs><strongs number="1909">at</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3056">saying</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>cast in her <strongs number="1260">mind</strongs>what <strongs number="4217">manner</strongs>of <strongs number="783">salutation</strongs><strongs number="3778">this</strongs>should <strongs number="1498">be</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='30'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">her</strongs>, <strongs number="5399">Fear</strongs><strongs number="3361">not</strongs>, <strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs>: <strongs number="1063">for</strongs>thou hast <strongs number="2147">found</strongs><strongs number="5485">favor</strongs><strongs number="3844">with</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='31'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>, <strongs number="2400">behold</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs number="4815">conceive</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>thy <strongs number="1064">womb</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>bring <strongs number="5088">forth</strongs>a <strongs number="5207">son</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>shalt <strongs number="2564">call</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3686">name</strongs><strongs number="2424">JESUS</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='32'><strongs number="3778">He</strongs>shall <strongs number="2071">be</strongs><strongs number="3173">great</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>shall be <strongs number="2564">called</strongs>the <strongs number="5207">Son</strongs>of the <strongs number="5310">Highest</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>shall <strongs number="1325">give</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2362">throne</strongs>of <strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3962">father</strongs><strongs number="1138">David</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='33'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>he shall <strongs number="936">reign</strongs><strongs number="1909">over</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3624">house</strongs>of <strongs number="2384">Jacob</strongs><strongs number="1519 165">forever</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>of <strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs>there shall <strongs number="2071">be</strongs><strongs number="3756">no</strongs><strongs number="5056">end</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='34'><strongs number="1161">Then</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs>, <strongs number="4459">How</strongs>shall <strongs number="5124">this</strongs><strongs number="2071">be</strongs>, <strongs number="1893">seeing</strongs>I <strongs number="1097">know</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs>a <strongs number="435">man</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='35'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs><strongs number="611">answered</strongs>and <strongs number="2036">said</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">her</strongs>, The <strongs number="40">Holy</strongs><strongs number="4151">Ghost</strongs>shall <strongs number="1904">come</strongs><strongs number="1909">upon</strongs><strongs number="4571">thee</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>the <strongs number="1411">power</strongs>of the <strongs number="5310">Highest</strongs>shall <strongs number="1982">overshadow</strongs><strongs number="4671">thee</strongs>: <strongs number="1352">therefore</strongs><strongs number="2532">also</strongs>that holy <strongs number="40">thing</strongs>which shall be <strongs number="1080">born</strongs><strongs number="1537">of</strongs><strongs number="4675">thee</strongs>shall be <strongs number="2564">called</strongs>the <strongs number="5207">Son</strongs>of <strongs number="2316">God</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='36'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>, <strongs number="2400">behold</strongs>, <strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="4773">cousin</strongs><strongs number="1665">Elisabeth</strongs>, <strongs number="846">she</strongs>hath <strongs number="2532">also</strongs><strongs number="4815">conceived</strongs>a <strongs number="5207">son</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="848">her</strongs>old <strongs number="1094">age</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3778">this</strongs><strongs number="2076">is</strongs>the <strongs number="1623">sixth</strongs><strongs number="3376">month</strongs>with <strongs number="846">her</strongs>, who was <strongs number="2564">called</strongs><strongs number="4723">barren</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='37'><strongs number="3754">For</strongs><strongs number="3844">with</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="3956 4487 3756">nothing</strongs>shall be <strongs number="101">impossible</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='38'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs>, <strongs number="2400">Behold</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1399">handmaid</strongs>of the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>; <strongs number="1096">be</strongs>it unto <strongs number="3427">me</strongs><strongs number="2596">according</strongs>to <strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="4487">word</strongs>. <strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="32">angel</strongs><strongs number="565">departed</strongs><strongs number="575">from</strongs><strongs number="846">her</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='39'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs><strongs number="450">arose</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="5025">those</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs>, and <strongs number="4198">went</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs>hill <strongs number="3714">country</strongs><strongs number="3326">with</strongs><strongs number="4710">haste</strongs>, <strongs number="1519">into</strongs>a <strongs number="4172">city</strongs>of <strongs number="2448">Judah</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='40'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="1525">entered</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3624">house</strongs>of <strongs number="2197">Zacharias</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="782">saluted</strongs><strongs number="1665">Elisabeth</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='41'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>it came to <strongs number="1096">pass</strongs>, that, <strongs number="5613">when</strongs><strongs number="1665">Elisabeth</strongs><strongs number="191">heard</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="783">salutation</strongs>of <strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1025">babe</strongs><strongs number="4640">leaped</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="846">her</strongs><strongs number="2836">womb</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1665">Elisabeth</strongs>was <strongs number="4130">filled</strongs>with the <strongs number="40">Holy</strongs><strongs number="4151">Ghost</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='42'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>she spake <strongs number="400">out</strongs>with a <strongs number="3173">loud</strongs><strongs number="5456">voice</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs>, <strongs number="2127">Blessed</strongs><em> art </em><strongs number="4771">thou</strongs><strongs number="1722">among</strongs><strongs number="1135">women</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2127">blessed</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2590">fruit</strongs>of <strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="2836">womb</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='43'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="4159">whence</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="5124">this</strongs>to <strongs number="3427">me</strongs>, <strongs number="2443">that</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3384">mother</strongs>of <strongs number="3450">my</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>should <strongs number="2064">come</strongs><strongs number="4314">to</strongs><strongs number="3165">me</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='44'><strongs number="1063">For</strongs>, <strongs number="2400">lo</strongs>, as soon <strongs number="5613">as</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="5456">voice</strongs>of <strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="783">salutation</strongs><strongs number="1096">sounded</strongs><strongs number="1519">in</strongs><strongs number="3450">mine</strongs><strongs number="3775">ears</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1025">babe</strongs><strongs number="4640">leaped</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3450">my</strongs><strongs number="2836">womb</strongs><strongs number="1722">for</strongs><strongs number="20">joy</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='45'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3107">blessed</strongs><em> is </em>she that <strongs number="4100">believed</strongs><strongs number="3754">for</strongs>there shall <strongs number="2071">be</strongs>a <strongs number="5050">performance</strongs>of those things which were <strongs number="2980">told</strongs><strongs number="846">her</strongs><strongs number="3844">from</strongs>the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='46'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs>, <strongs number="3450">My</strongs><strongs number="5590">soul</strongs>doth <strongs number="3170">magnify</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='47'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3450">my</strongs><strongs number="4151">spirit</strongs>hath <strongs number="21">rejoiced</strongs><strongs number="1909">in</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="3450">my</strongs><strongs number="4990">Savior</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='48'><strongs number="3754">For</strongs>he hath <strongs number="1914">regarded</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs>low <strongs number="5014">estate</strongs>of <strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="1399">handmaiden</strongs>: <strongs number="1063">for</strongs>, <strongs number="2400">behold</strongs>, <strongs number="575">from</strongs><strongs number="3568">henceforth</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="1074">generations</strongs>shall call me <strongs number="3106 3165">blessed</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='49'><strongs number="3754">For</strongs>he that is <strongs number="1415">mighty</strongs>hath <strongs number="4160">done</strongs>to <strongs number="3427">me</strongs>great <strongs number="3167">things</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="40">holy</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3686">name</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='50'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="1656">mercy</strongs><em> is </em>on them that <strongs number="5399">fear</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="1519">from</strongs><strongs number="1074">generation</strongs>to <strongs number="1074">generation</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='51'>He hath <strongs number="4160">showed</strongs><strongs number="2904">strength</strongs><strongs number="1722">with</strongs><strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="1023">arm</strongs>; he hath <strongs number="1287">scattered</strongs>the <strongs number="5244">proud</strongs>in the <strongs number="1271">imagination</strongs>of <strongs number="846">their</strongs><strongs number="2588">hearts</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='52'>He hath put <strongs number="2507">down</strongs>the <strongs number="1413">mighty</strongs><strongs number="575">from</strongs><em> their </em><strongs number="2362">seats</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="5312">exalted</strongs>them of low <strongs number="5011">degree</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='53'>He hath <strongs number="1705">filled</strongs>the <strongs number="3983">hungry</strongs>with good <strongs number="18">things</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>the <strongs number="4147">rich</strongs>he hath sent empty <strongs number="1821 2756">away</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='54'>He hath <strongs number="482">helped</strongs><strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="3816">servant</strongs><strongs number="2474">Israel</strongs>, in <strongs number="3415">remembrance</strongs>of <em> his </em><strongs number="1656">mercy</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='55'><strongs number="2531">As</strongs>he <strongs number="2980">spake</strongs><strongs number="4314">to</strongs><strongs number="2257">our</strongs><strongs number="3962">fathers</strongs>, to <strongs number="11">Abraham</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>to <strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="4690">seed</strongs><strongs number="1519 165">forever</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='56'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs><strongs number="3306">abode</strongs><strongs number="4862">with</strongs><strongs number="846">her</strongs><strongs number="5616">about</strongs><strongs number="5140">three</strongs><strongs number="3376">months</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="5290">returned</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs>her <strongs number="848">own</strongs><strongs number="3624">house</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='57'><strongs number="1161">Now</strongs><strongs number="1665">Elisabeth</strongs>'s full <strongs number="5550">time</strongs><strongs number="4130">came</strongs>that <strongs number="846">she</strongs>should be <strongs number="5088">delivered</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>she brought <strongs number="1080">forth</strongs>a <strongs number="5207">son</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='58'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="848">her</strongs><strongs number="4040">neighbors</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs>her <strongs number="4773">cousins</strongs><strongs number="191">heard</strongs><strongs number="3754">how</strongs>the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>had showed great <strongs number="3170 848 1656">mercy</strongs><strongs number="3326">upon</strongs><strongs number="846">her</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>they rejoiced <strongs number="4796">with</strongs><strongs number="846">her</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='59'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>it came to <strongs number="1096">pass</strongs>, that <strongs number="1722">on</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3590">eighth</strongs><strongs number="2250">day</strongs>they <strongs number="2064">came</strongs>to <strongs number="4059">circumcise</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3813">child</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>they <strongs number="2564">called</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="2197">Zacharias</strongs>, <strongs number="1909">after</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3686">name</strongs>of <strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3962">father</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='60'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3384">mother</strongs><strongs number="611">answered</strongs>and <strongs number="2036">said</strongs>, <strongs number="3780">Not</strongs><em> so </em>; <strongs number="235">but</strongs>he shall be <strongs number="2564">called</strongs><strongs number="2491">John</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='61'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>they <strongs number="2036">said</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="846">her</strongs>, There <strongs number="2076">is</strongs><strongs number="3762">none</strongs><strongs number="1722">of</strongs><strongs number="4675">thy</strongs><strongs number="4772">kindred</strongs><strongs number="3739">that</strongs>is <strongs number="2564">called</strongs>by <strongs number="5129">this</strongs><strongs number="3686">name</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='62'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>they made <strongs number="1770">signs</strongs>to <strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3962">father</strongs>, <strongs number="5101">how</strongs>he would <strongs number="2309 302">have</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="2564">called</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='63'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>he <strongs number="154">asked</strongs>for a writing <strongs number="4093">table</strongs>, and <strongs number="1125">wrote</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, <strongs number="846">His</strongs><strongs number="3686">name</strongs><strongs number="2076">is</strongs><strongs number="2491">John</strongs>. <strongs number="2532">And</strongs>they <strongs number="2296">marveled</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='64'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="4750">mouth</strongs>was <strongs number="455">opened</strongs><strongs number="3916">immediately</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="1100">tongue</strongs><em> loosed, </em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs>he <strongs number="2980">spake</strongs>, and <strongs number="2127">praised</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='65'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="5401">fear</strongs><strongs number="1096">came</strongs><strongs number="1909">on</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs>that dwelt round <strongs number="4039">about</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="5023">these</strongs><strongs number="4487">sayings</strongs>were noised <strongs number="1255">abroad</strongs><strongs number="1722">throughout</strongs><strongs number="3650">all</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs>hill <strongs number="3714">country</strongs>of <strongs number="2449">Judea</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='66'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs>they that <strongs number="191">heard</strongs><em> them </em>laid <em> them </em><strongs number="5087">up</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="848">their</strongs><strongs number="2588">hearts</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, What <strongs number="5101">manner</strongs><strongs number="*686">of</strongs><strongs number="3813">child</strongs>shall <strongs number="5124">this</strongs><strongs number="2071">be</strongs>! <strongs number="2532">And</strongs>the <strongs number="5495">hand</strongs>of the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs><strongs number="2258">was</strongs><strongs number="3326">with</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='67'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3962">father</strongs><strongs number="2197">Zacharias</strongs>was <strongs number="4130">filled</strongs>with the <strongs number="40">Holy</strongs><strongs number="4151">Ghost</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4395">prophesied</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='68'><strongs number="2128">Blessed</strongs><em> be </em>the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>of <strongs number="2474">Israel</strongs>; <strongs number="3754">for</strongs>he hath <strongs number="1980">visited</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4160 3085">redeemed</strongs><strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="2992">people</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='69'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>hath raised <strongs number="1453">up</strongs>a <strongs number="2768">horn</strongs>of <strongs number="4991">salvation</strongs>for <strongs number="2254">us</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3624">house</strongs>of <strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="3816">servant</strongs><strongs number="1138">David</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='70'><strongs number="2531">As</strongs>he <strongs number="2980">spake</strongs><strongs number="1223">by</strongs>the <strongs number="4750">mouth</strongs>of <strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="40">holy</strongs><strongs number="4396">prophets</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">which</strongs>have been since the world <strongs number="575 165">began</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='71'>That we should be <strongs number="4991">saved</strongs><strongs number="1537">from</strongs><strongs number="2257">our</strongs><strongs number="2190">enemies</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1537">from</strongs>the <strongs number="5495">hand</strongs>of <strongs number="3956">all</strongs>that <strongs number="3404">hate</strongs><strongs number="2248">us</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='72'>To <strongs number="4160">perform</strongs>the <strongs number="1656">mercy</strongs><em> promised </em><strongs number="3326">to</strongs><strongs number="2257">our</strongs><strongs number="3962">fathers</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>to <strongs number="3415">remember</strongs><strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="40">holy</strongs><strongs number="1242">covenant</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='73'>The <strongs number="3727">oath</strongs><strongs number="3739">which</strongs>he <strongs number="3660">swore</strongs><strongs number="4314">to</strongs><strongs number="2257">our</strongs><strongs number="3962">father</strongs><strongs number="11">Abraham</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='74'>That he would <strongs number="1325">grant</strongs>unto <strongs number="2254">us</strongs>, that we being <strongs number="4506">delivered</strongs>out <strongs number="1537">of</strongs>the <strongs number="5495">hand</strongs>of <strongs number="2257">our</strongs><strongs number="2190">enemies</strongs>might <strongs number="3000">serve</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>without <strongs number="870">fear</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='75'><strongs number="1722">In</strongs><strongs number="3742">holiness</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1343">righteousness</strongs><strongs number="1799">before</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>, <strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2250">days</strongs>of <strongs number="2257">our</strongs><strongs number="2222">life</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='76'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="4771">thou</strongs>, <strongs number="3813">child</strongs>, shalt be <strongs number="2564">called</strongs>the <strongs number="4396">prophet</strongs>of the <strongs number="5310">Highest</strongs>: <strongs number="1063">for</strongs>thou shalt <strongs number="4313">go</strongs><strongs number="4253">before</strongs>the <strongs number="4383">face</strongs>of the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>to <strongs number="2090">prepare</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3598">ways</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='77'>To <strongs number="1325">give</strongs><strongs number="1108">knowledge</strongs>of <strongs number="4991">salvation</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="2992">people</strongs><strongs number="1722">by</strongs>the <strongs number="859">remission</strongs>of <strongs number="846">their</strongs><strongs number="266">sins</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='78'><strongs number="1223">Through</strongs>the tender <strongs number="4698 1656">mercy</strongs>of <strongs number="2257">our</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>; <strongs number="1722 3739">whereby</strongs>the <strongs number="395">dayspring</strongs><strongs number="1537">from</strongs>on <strongs number="5311">high</strongs>hath <strongs number="1980">visited</strongs><strongs number="2248">us</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='79'>To give <strongs number="2014">light</strongs>to them that <strongs number="2521">sit</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="4655">darkness</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><em> in </em>the <strongs number="4639">shadow</strongs>of <strongs number="2288">death</strongs>, to <strongs number="2720">guide</strongs><strongs number="2257">our</strongs><strongs number="4228">feet</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs>the <strongs number="3598">way</strongs>of <strongs number="1515">peace</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='80'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3813">child</strongs><strongs number="837">grew</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>waxed <strongs number="2901">strong</strongs>in <strongs number="4151">spirit</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2258">was</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2048">deserts</strongs><strongs number="2193">till</strongs>the <strongs number="2250">day</strongs>of <strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="323">showing</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="2474">Israel</strongs>. </verse>
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