riversident@Luke:1:1 @ INASMUCH as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative of those facts which are firmly believed among us,
riversident@Luke:1:2 @ just as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses and who became bearers of the message handed them down to us;
riversident@Luke:1:3 @ it has seemed good to me also \'97 since I have followed everything from the beginning accurately \'97 to write a consecutive account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
riversident@Luke:1:4 @ so that you may know the exact truth in regard to the matters which you have been taught by word of mouth.
riversident@Luke:1:5 @ There was in the days of Herod, King of Judaea, a certain priest by the name of Zacharias, of the course of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
riversident@Luke:1:6 @ They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord blameless.
riversident@Luke:1:7 @ But they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.
riversident@Luke:1:8 @ It happened that as Zacharias was performing his priestly duties before God in the order of his course,
riversident@Luke:1:9 @ according to the custom of the priesthood, it fell to him to enter the Temple of the Lord and offer the incense.
riversident@Luke:1:11 @ There appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
riversident@Luke:1:13 @ But the angel said to him, "Do not fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has been heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son, and you will call his name John.
riversident@Luke:1:15 @ For he will be great before the Lord. He will not drink wine or strong drink. He will be full of the Holy Spirit even from his birth,
riversident@Luke:1:17 @ He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."
riversident@Luke:1:18 @ Zacharias said to the angel, "By what proof shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years."
riversident@Luke:1:19 @ The angel answered, "I am Gabriel, who stands before the face of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to give you this good news.
riversident@Luke:1:20 @ And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that this comes to pass, because you have not believed my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."
riversident@Luke:1:21 @ The people were waiting for Zacharias and wondering at his staying so long in the Temple.
riversident@Luke:1:22 @ But when he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the Temple. He kept making signs to them and remained dumb.
riversident@Luke:1:24 @ After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived and hid herself five months, saying,
riversident@Luke:1:25 @ "So has the Lord done for me in the days in which he has looked upon me to take away my reproach among men."
riversident@Luke:1:26 @ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
riversident@Luke:1:27 @ to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The name of the virgin was Mary.
riversident@Luke:1:31 @ You will conceive in your womb and will bear a son, and you must call his name Jesus.
riversident@Luke:1:32 @ He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
riversident@Luke:1:33 @ He will be king over the house of Jacob through the ages, and of his kingdom there will be no end."
riversident@Luke:1:35 @ The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Highest will overshadow you. For that reason the child that is begotten will be called holy, Son of God.
riversident@Luke:1:36 @ And, indeed, Elizabeth your relative, even she, has conceived a son, in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
riversident@Luke:1:38 @ Mary said, "Here I am, the Lord's handmaid. Let it be to me according to your word." Then the angel left her.
riversident@Luke:1:39 @ In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill-country to a city of Judah,
riversident@Luke:1:41 @ When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the babe leapt in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit
riversident@Luke:1:42 @ and spoke out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
riversident@Luke:1:44 @ For, indeed, when the sound of your greeting fell upon my ears, the babe leapt for joy in my womb.
riversident@Luke:1:45 @ Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a complete fulfillment of the things spoken to her from the Lord!"
riversident@Luke:1:48 @ Because he has looked upon the low estate of his handmaid. Indeed, from this time all generations will call me blessed.
riversident@Luke:1:51 @ He shows strength with his arm; He scatters the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
riversident@Luke:1:58 @ Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great kindness to her, and they rejoiced with her.
riversident@Luke:1:59 @ On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by the name of his father Zacharias.
riversident@Luke:1:64 @ At once Zacharias's mouth was opened and his tongue loosed and he spoke, praising God.
riversident@Luke:1:65 @ Awe fell on all their neighbors, and in the whole hill-country of Judaea all these matters were talked about.
riversident@Luke:1:66 @ All who heard them laid them up in their minds, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him.
riversident@Luke:1:68 @ "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! For he has looked upon his people, and made deliverance for them.
riversident@Luke:1:74 @ To grant that we, saved from the hands of our enemies, may serve him Without fear
riversident@Luke:1:76 @ And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. You will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
riversident@Luke:1:77 @ To give the knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins,
riversident@Luke:1:78 @ Through the tender compassion of our God, With which the sunrise from on high will shine upon us;
riversident@Luke:1:79 @ To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the path of peace."
riversident@Luke:1:80 @ The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he lived in the wilds until the day of his appearance before Israel.