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Luke 1:51 (NIV)
He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
Luke 1:52 (NIV)
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.
Luke 1:53 (NIV)
He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.
Luke 1:54 (NIV)
He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful
Luke 1:55 (NIV)
to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors.”
Luke 1:56 (NIV)
Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
Luke 1:57 (NIV)
When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.
Luke 1:58 (NIV)
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.
Luke 1:59 (NIV)
On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,
Luke 1:60 (NIV)
but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”
Luke 1:61 (NIV)
They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”
Luke 1:62 (NIV)
Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.
Luke 1:63 (NIV)
He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”
Luke 1:64 (NIV)
Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.
Luke 1:65 (NIV)
All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things.
Luke 1:66 (NIV)
Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
Luke 1:67 (NIV)
His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
Luke 1:68 (NIV)
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
Luke 1:69 (NIV)
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
Luke 1:70 (NIV)
(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
Luke 1:71 (NIV)
salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—
Luke 1:72 (NIV)
to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant,
Luke 1:73 (NIV)
the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
Luke 1:74 (NIV)
to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear
Luke 1:75 (NIV)
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.