Parallel Bible results for "luke 1:57-80"

Luke 1:57-80

New International Reader's Version NIRV

57 The time came for Elizabeth to have her baby. She gave birth to a son.

58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very kind to her. They shared her joy.

59 On the eighth day, they came to have the child circumcised. They were going to name him Zechariah, like his father.

60 But his mother spoke up. "No!" she said. "He must be called John."

61 They said to her, "No one among your relatives has that name."

62 Then they motioned to his father. They wanted to find out what he would like to name the child.

63 He asked for something to write on. Then he wrote, "His name is John." Everyone was amazed.

64 Right away Zechariah could speak again. His first words gave praise to God.

65 The neighbors were all filled with fear and wonder. All through Judea's hill country, people were talking about all these things.

66 Everyone who heard this wondered about it. And because the Lord was with John, they asked, "What is this child going to be?"

67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit. He prophesied,

68 "Give praise to the Lord, the God of Israel! He has come and set his people free.

69 He has acted with great power and has saved us. He did it for those who are from the family line of his servant David.

70 Long ago holy prophets said he would do it.

71 He has saved us from our enemies. We are rescued from all who hate us.

72 He has been kind to our people. He has remembered his holy covenant.

73 He made an oath to our father Abraham.

74 He promised to save us from our enemies, so that we could serve him without fear.

75 He wants us to be holy and godly as long as we live.

76 "And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go ahead of the Lord to prepare the way for him.

77 You will tell his people how they can be saved. You will tell them that their sins can be forgiven.

78 All of that will happen because our God is tender and caring. His kindness will bring the rising sun to us from heaven.

79 It will shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death. It will guide our feet on the path of peace."

80 The child grew up, and his spirit became strong. He lived in the desert until he appeared openly to Israel.

New International Version NIV

57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.

58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,

60 but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”

61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”

62 Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.

63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”

64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.

65 All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things.

66 Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.

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

70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),

71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—

72 to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant,

73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:

74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear

75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,

77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,

78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven

79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit ; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.