rsv Luke:1:15-66

rsv@Luke:1:15 @ for he will be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

rsv@Luke:1:16 @ And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,

rsv@Luke:1:17 @ and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Eli'jah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared."

rsv@Luke:1:18 @ And Zechari'ah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years."

rsv@Luke:1:19 @ And the angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

rsv@Luke:1:20 @ And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things come to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."

rsv@Luke:1:21 @ And the people were waiting for Zechari'ah, and they wondered at his delay in the temple.

rsv@Luke:1:22 @ And when he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them and remained dumb.

rsv@Luke:1:23 @ And when his time of service was ended, he went to his home.

rsv@Luke:1:24 @ After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she hid herself, saying,

rsv@Luke:1:25 @ "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men."

rsv@Luke:1:26 @ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

rsv@Luke:1:27 @ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

rsv@Luke:1:28 @ And he came to her and said, "Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!"

rsv@Luke:1:29 @ But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be.

rsv@Luke:1:30 @ And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

rsv@Luke:1:31 @ And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

rsv@Luke:1:32 @ He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,

rsv@Luke:1:33 @ and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end."

rsv@Luke:1:34 @ And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?"

rsv@Luke:1:35 @ And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

rsv@Luke:1:36 @ And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

rsv@Luke:1:37 @ For with God nothing will be impossible."

rsv@Luke:1:38 @ And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

rsv@Luke:1:39 @ In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah,

rsv@Luke:1:40 @ and she entered the house of Zechari'ah and greeted Elizabeth.

rsv@Luke:1:41 @ And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit

rsv@Luke:1:42 @ and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

rsv@Luke:1:43 @ And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

rsv@Luke:1:44 @ For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.

rsv@Luke:1:45 @ And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."

rsv@Luke:1:46 @ And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord,

rsv@Luke:1:47 @ and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

rsv@Luke:1:48 @ for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;

rsv@Luke:1:49 @ for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

rsv@Luke:1:50 @ And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation.

rsv@Luke:1:51 @ He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts,

rsv@Luke:1:52 @ he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree;

rsv@Luke:1:53 @ he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.

rsv@Luke:1:54 @ He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,

rsv@Luke:1:55 @ as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever."

rsv@Luke:1:56 @ And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home.

rsv@Luke:1:57 @ Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth to a son.

rsv@Luke:1:58 @ And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

rsv@Luke:1:59 @ And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechari'ah after his father,

rsv@Luke:1:60 @ but his mother said, "Not so; he shall be called John."

rsv@Luke:1:61 @ And they said to her, "None of your kindred is called by this name."

rsv@Luke:1:62 @ And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called.

rsv@Luke:1:63 @ And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." And they all marveled.

rsv@Luke:1:64 @ And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.

rsv@Luke:1:65 @ And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea;

rsv@Luke:1:66 @ and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him.

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