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The Gospel According to
St. Luke
CHAPTER 1
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are
most surely believed among us,
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Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning
were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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It seemed good to me also, having had perfect
understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
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That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
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There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the
course of Abia: and his wife
was
of the daughters of Aaron, and her name
was
Elisabeth.
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And
they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord
blameless.
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And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were
now
well stricken in years.
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And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God
in the order of his course,
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According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense
when he went into the temple of the Lord.
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And the whole multitude of the people were praying
without at the time of incense.
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And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on
the right side of the altar of incense.
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And when Zacharias saw
him,
he was troubled, and fear fell
upon him.
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But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife
Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
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And thou shalt have joy and
gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
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For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and
shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his
mother’s womb.
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And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
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And
he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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And
Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well
stricken in years.
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And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence
of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
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And, behold, thou
shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because
thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
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And the people waited for
Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
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And when he came out, he could
not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned
unto them, and remained speechless.
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And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his
ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
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And after those days his wife
Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
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Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in
the days wherein he looked on
me,
to take away my reproach among men.
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And in the sixth month
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