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came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father. 1:60 His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

1:61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."

1:62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

1:63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John."

They all marveled.

1:64 His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God. 1:65 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea. 1:66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him. 1:67 His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

1:68 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people; 1:69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 1:70 (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), 1:71 salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us; 1:72 to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, 1:73 the

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