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For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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Mary said, “Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word.” The angel departed from her.

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Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

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and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

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It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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She called out with a loud voice, and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

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Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

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Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

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Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.

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My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

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for he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

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For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

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His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

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He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

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He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.

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He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

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He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

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As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.”

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Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

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Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

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Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

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It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

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His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”

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They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

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

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He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.

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His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

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Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.

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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.

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His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

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“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people;

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and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

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(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

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salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;

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to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

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the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,

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to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should 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 you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

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to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

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because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

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to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

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The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.

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This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

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All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.

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Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

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to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.

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It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

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She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

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There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

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Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

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The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.

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For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

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This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.”

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Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,

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“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”

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It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

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They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

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When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

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All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.

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But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

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The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

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When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

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(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),

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and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”

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Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

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It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

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He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

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then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

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“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;

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for my eyes have seen your salvation,

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which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;

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a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

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Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,

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and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

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Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

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There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

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and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

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Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

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When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

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The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

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His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

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When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,

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and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,

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but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

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When they didn’t find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.

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It happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.

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All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

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When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.”

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He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

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They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.

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And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

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And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

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in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

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He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

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As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.