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The Gospel according to St. Luke,
Chapter 1 Forasmuch as many have taken in

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hand to set forth in order a declaration
of those things which are most surely

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believed among us, even as they delivered
them unto us, which from the beginning

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were eyewitnesses and ministers of the
word, it seemed good to me also,

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having had perfect understanding of all
things from the very first, to write unto

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thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
that thou mightest know the certainty of

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those things wherein thou hast been
instructed.

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There was in the days of Herod,
the king of Judea, a certain priest named

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Zacharias, of the course of Abiah,
and his wife was of the daughters of

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Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

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And they were both righteous before God,
walking in all the commandments and

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ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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And they had no child, because that
Elizabeth was barren, and they both were

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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

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the order of his course, according to the
custom of the priest's office,

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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

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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,

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and thy wife Elizabeth 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

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strong drink, and he shall be filled with
the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's

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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

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the fathers to the children, and the
disobedient to the wisdom of the just,

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to make ready a people prepared for the
Lord.

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And Zacharias said unto the angel,
Whereby shall I know this?

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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

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of God, and am sent to speak unto thee,
and to show thee these glad tidings.

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And behold, thou shalt be dumb,
and not able to speak, until the day that

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these things shall be performed,
because thou believest not my words,

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which shall be fulfilled in their season.

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And the people waited for Zacharias,
and marveled that he tarried so long in

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the temple.

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And when he came out, he could not speak
unto them, and they perceived that he had

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seen a vision in the temple, for he
beckoned unto them, and remained

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speechless.

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And it came to pass, that as soon as the
days of his ministration were

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accomplished, he departed to his own
house.

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And after those days, his wife Elizabeth
conceived, and hid herself five months,

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saying, Thus hath the Lord dealt with me
in the days wherein he looked on me,

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to take away my reproach among men.

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And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel
was sent from God unto a city of Galilee,

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named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a
man whose name was Joseph, of the house of

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David, and the virgin's name was Mary.

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And the angel came in unto her,
and said, Hail, thou that art highly

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favored!

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The Lord is with thee.

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Blessed art thou among women.

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And when she saw him, she was troubled at
his saying, and cast in her mind what

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manner of salutation this should be.

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And the angel said unto her, Fear not,
Mary, for thou hast found favor with God.

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And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy
womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt

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call his name Jesus.

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He shall be great, and shall be called the
Son of the Highest.

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And the Lord God shall give unto him the
throne of his father David.

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And he shall reign over the house of Jacob
forever, and of his kingdom there shall be

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no end.

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Then said Mary unto the angel,
How shall this be, seeing I know not a

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man?

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And the angel answered and said unto her,
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,

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and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee.

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Therefore also that holy thing which shall
be born of thee shall be called the Son of

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God.

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And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth,
she hath also conceived a son in her old

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age.

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And this is the sixth month with her,
who was called barren.

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For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the
Lord.

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Be it unto me according to thy word.

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And the angel departed from her.

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And Mary arose in those days, and went
into the hill country with haste,

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into a city of Judah, and entered into the
house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.

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And it came to pass, that when Elizabeth
heard the salutation of Mary, the babe

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leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was
filled with the Holy Ghost.

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And she spake out with a loud voice,
and said, Blessed art thou among women,

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and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

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And whence is this to me, that the mother
of my Lord should come to me?

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For lo, as soon as the voice of thy
salutation sounded in mine ears,

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the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

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And blessed is she that believed,
for there shall be a performance of those

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things which were told her from the Lord.

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And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the
Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God

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my Saviour.

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For he hath regarded the lowest state of
his handmaiden.

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For behold, from henceforth all
generations shall call me blessed.

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For he that is mighty hath done to me
great things, and holy is his name.

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And his mercy is on them that fear him,
from generation to generation.

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He hath showed strength with his arm.

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He hath scattered the proud in the
imagination of their hearts.

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He hath put down the mighty from their
seats, and exalted them of low degree.

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He hath filled the hungry with good
things, and the rich he hath sent empty

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away.

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He hath holpen his servant Israel in
remembrance of his mercy, as he spake to

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our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed
for ever.

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And Mary abode with her about three
months, and returned to her own house.

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Now Elizabeth's full time came that she
should be delivered, and she brought forth

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a son.

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And her neighbors and her cousins heard
how the Lord had showed great mercy upon

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her, and they rejoiced with her.

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And it came to pass that on the eighth day
they came to circumcise the child,

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and they called him Zacharias,
after the name of his father.

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And his mother answered and said,
Not so, but he shall be called John.

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And they said unto her, There is none of
thy kindred that is called by this name.

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And they made signs to his father how he
would have him called.

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And he asked for a writing table,
and wrote, saying, His name is John.

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And they marveled all.

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And his mouth was opened immediately,
and his tongue loosed, and he spake and

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praised God.

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And fear came on all that dwelt round
about them.

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And all these sayings were noised abroad
throughout all the hill country of Judea.

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And all they that heard them laid them up
in their hearts, saying, What manner of

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child shall this be?

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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,

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saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he hath visited and redeemed his

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people, and hath raised up a horn of
salvation for us in the house of his

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servant David, as he spake by the mouth of
his holy prophets, which have been since

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the world began, that we should be saved
from our enemies and from the hand of all

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that hate us, to perform the mercy
promised to our fathers, and to remember

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his holy covenant, the oath which he swore
to our father Abraham, that he would grant

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unto us that we, being delivered out of
the hand of our enemies, might serve him

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without fear, in holiness and
righteousness before him, all the days of

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our life.

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And thou, child, shalt be called the
prophet of the highest, for thou shalt go

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before the face of the Lord to prepare his
ways, to give knowledge of salvation unto

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his people by the remission of their sins,
through the tender mercy of our God,

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whereby the day spring from on high hath
visited us, to give light to them that sit

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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

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day of his showing unto Israel.