42:001:061 And they said unto her, There is none of
thy kindred that is
called
by this name.
42:001:062 And they made signs to his father, how
he would have him
called.
42:001:063 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote,
saying, His name
is
John. And they marvelled all.
42:001:064 And his mouth was opened immediately, and
his tongue loosed,
and
he spake, and praised God.
42:001:065 And fear came on all that dwelt round about
them: and all
these
sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill
country
of Judaea.
42:001:066 And all they that heard them laid them
up in their hearts,
saying,
What manner of child shall this be! And the hand
of
the
Lord was with him.
42:001:067 And his father Zacharias was filled with
the Holy Ghost, and
prophesied,
saying,
42:001:068 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for
he hath visited and
redeemed
his people,
42:001:069 And hath raised up an horn of salvation
for us in the house of
his
servant David;
42:001:070 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,
which have been
since
the world began:
42:001:071 That we should be saved from our enemies,
and from the hand of
all
that hate us;
42:001:072 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers,
and to remember
his
holy covenant;
42:001:073 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
42:001:074 That he would grant unto us, that we being
delivered out of
the
hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
42:001:075 In holiness and righteousness before him,
all the days of our
life.
42:001:076 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet
of the Highest:
for
thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare
his
ways;
42:001:077 To give knowledge of salvation unto his
people by the
remission
of their sins,
42:001:078 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby
the dayspring
from
on high hath visited us,
42:001:079 To give light to them that sit in darkness
and in the shadow
of
death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
42:001:080 And the child grew, and waxed strong in
spirit, and was in the
deserts
till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
42:002:001 And it came to pass in those days, that
there went out a
decree
from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be
taxed.
42:002:002 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius
was governor of
Syria.)
42:002:003 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.


