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62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
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Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.
63 And he asked for a writing-table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all wondered.
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He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue [loosed], and he spoke, and praised God.
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Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 And fear came on all that dwelt around them; and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill-country of Judea.
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All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things.
66 And all they that had heard [them], laid [them] up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child will this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
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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 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
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His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people.
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“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of his servant David:
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He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began:
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(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
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salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant:
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to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant,
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