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Luke 1 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Luk 1:1 - Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us,

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Luk 1:2 - just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

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Luk 1:3 - it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent The-oph'ilus,

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Luk 1:4 - that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed.

Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

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Luk 1:5 - In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechari'ah, of the division of Abi'jah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

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Luk 1:6 - And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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Luk 1:7 - But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

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Luk 1:8 - Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

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Luk 1:9 - according to the custom of the priesthood, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

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Luk 1:10 - And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

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Luk 1:11 - And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

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Luk 1:12 - And Zechari'ah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

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Luk 1:13 - But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechari'ah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

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Luk 1:14 - And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth;

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Luk 1:15 - for he will be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

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Luk 1:16 - And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,

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Luk 1:17 - and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Eli'jah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared."

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Luk 1:18 - And Zechari'ah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years."

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Luk 1:19 - And the angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

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Luk 1:20 - And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things come to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."

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Luk 1:21 - And the people were waiting for Zechari'ah, and they wondered at his delay in the temple.

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Luk 1:22 - And when he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them and remained dumb.

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Luk 1:23 - And when his time of service was ended, he went to his home.

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Luk 1:24 - After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she hid herself, saying,

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Luk 1:25 - "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men."

Jesus' Birth Foretold

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Luk 1:26 - In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

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Luk 1:27 - to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

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Luk 1:28 - And he came to her and said, "Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!"

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Luk 1:29 - But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be.

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Luk 1:30 - And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

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Luk 1:31 - And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

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Luk 1:32 - He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,

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Luk 1:33 - and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end."

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Luk 1:34 - And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?"

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Luk 1:35 - And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

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Luk 1:36 - And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

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Luk 1:37 - For with God nothing will be impossible."

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Luk 1:38 - And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

Mary Visits Elizabeth

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Luk 1:39 - In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah,

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Luk 1:40 - and she entered the house of Zechari'ah and greeted Elizabeth.

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Luk 1:41 - And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit

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Luk 1:42 - and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

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Luk 1:43 - And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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Luk 1:44 - For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.

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Luk 1:45 - And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."

The Magnificat

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Luk 1:46 - And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord,

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Luk 1:47 - and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

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Luk 1:48 - for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;

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Luk 1:49 - for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

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Luk 1:50 - And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation.

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Luk 1:51 - He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts,

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Luk 1:52 - he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree;

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Luk 1:53 - he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.

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Luk 1:54 - He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,

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Luk 1:55 - as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever."

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Luk 1:56 - And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home.

John Is Born

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Luk 1:57 - Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth to a son.

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Luk 1:58 - And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

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Luk 1:59 - And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechari'ah after his father,

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Luk 1:60 - but his mother said, "Not so; he shall be called John."

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Luk 1:61 - And they said to her, "None of your kindred is called by this name."

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Luk 1:62 - And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called.

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Luk 1:63 - And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." And they all marveled.

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Luk 1:64 - And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.

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Luk 1:65 - And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea;

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Luk 1:66 - 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.

Zacharias's Prophecy

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Luk 1:67 - And his father Zechari'ah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

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Luk 1:68 - "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people,

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Luk 1:69 - and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

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Luk 1:70 - as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

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Luk 1:71 - that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;

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Luk 1:72 - to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant,

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Luk 1:73 - the oath which he swore to our father Abraham,

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Luk 1:74 - to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,

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Luk 1:75 - in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

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Luk 1:76 - And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

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Luk 1:77 - to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,

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Luk 1:78 - through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high

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Luk 1:79 - to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

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Luk 1:80 - 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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