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name is John. And they marvelled all.
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And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue
loosed,
and he spake, and praised God.
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And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and
all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
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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.
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And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied,
saying,
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Blessed
be
the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
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And
hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
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As he spake by the
mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
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That we should be saved
from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
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To perform the mercy
promised
to our
fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
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The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
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That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve
him without fear,
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In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
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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;
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To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
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Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
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To
give light to them that sit in darkness and
in
the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of
peace.
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And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his
shewing unto Israel.
CHAPTER 2
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the
world should be taxed.
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(
And
this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
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And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
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And Joseph also went up from Galilee,
out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because
he was of the house and lineage of David:)
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To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great
with child.
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And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should
be delivered.
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And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and
laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
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And there were in the same
country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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And, lo, the angel
of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore
afraid.
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And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
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For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which
is Christ the Lord.
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And this
shall be
a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying in a manger.
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And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God, and saying,
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Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward
men.
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And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds
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