Luke:1:57-66

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* Now when the time of Elizabeths delivery was come , she gave birth to a son ; * and her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her ; and they rejoiced with her , * and came on the eighth day to circumcise the child . They were about to call him "Zachariah ," after his father , * when his mother said , "No , he is to be called John ." * Said they , "You have no relatives of that name !" * Then they asked his father by signs what he wished to call the child . * So he asked for a writing tablet and wrote down , "His name is John ." * Every one was surprised , and at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed , and he spoke , blessing God . * And there came a great fear upon all in the neighborhood ; and throughout the hill country of Judea all these sayings were much talked about . * All the story laid it up in their hearts , saying "What , then , will this child be ?" For the Lords hands was with him .

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