Parallel Bible results for "luke 1:72-80"

Luke 1:72-80

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72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
72 to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant,
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
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 the days of our life.
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
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 knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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 waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit ; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.
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