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67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
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Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy:
68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
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"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them.
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
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He has raised up a mighty savior for us in the house of his servant David,
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
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as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—
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that we would be saved 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,
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Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors, and has remembered his holy covenant,
73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
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the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham, to grant us
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear
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that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
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, 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,
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And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
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to give knowledge of salvation to his people by 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
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By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us,
79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
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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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