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75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
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in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
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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 to his people by the forgiveness of their sins.
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to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us,
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because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
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to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
80 The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.
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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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