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Luke 1

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1 Because many have undertaken to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

2 even as they delivered them to us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

4 that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Yehudah, a certain Kohen named Zekharyah, of the priestly division of Aviyah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aharon, and her name was Elisheva.

6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the mitzvot and ordinances of the Lord.

7 But they had no child, because Elisheva was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

8 Now it happened, while he executed the Kohen's office before God in the order of his division,

9 according to the custom of the Kohen's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

12 Zekharyah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell on him.

13 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zekharyah, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elisheva, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Yochanan.

14 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Ruach HaKodesh, even from his mother's womb.

16 He will turn many of the children of Yisra'el to the Lord, their God.

17 He will go before his face in the spirit and power of Eliyah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

18 Zekharyah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

19 The angel answered him, "I am Gavri'el, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."

21 The people were waiting for Zekharyah, and they marveled while he delayed in the temple.

22 When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.

23 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

24 After these days Elisheva, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gavri'el was sent from God to a city of the Galil, named Natzeret,

27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Yosef, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Miryam.

28 Having come in to her, the angel said, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"

29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

30 The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Miryam, for you have found favor with God.

31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Yeshua.'

32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of Ha`Elyon. The Lord God will give to him the throne of his father, David,

33 and he will reign over the house of Ya`akov forever. There will be no end of his kingdom."

34 Miryam said to the angel, "How will this be, seeing I am a virgin?"

35 The angel answered her, "The Ruach HaKodesh will come on you, and the power of Ha`Elyon will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

36 Behold, Elisheva, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

37 For no word from God will be void of power."

38 Miryam said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.

39 Miryam arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Yehudah,

40 and entered into the house of Zekharyah and greeted Elisheva.

41 It happened, when Elisheva heard Miryam's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elisheva was filled with the Ruach HaKodesh.

42 She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

43 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!"

46 Miryam said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.

47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

48 For he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

49 For he who is mighty has done to me great things. Holy is his name.

50 His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

51 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

52 He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.

53 He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

54 He has given help to Yisra'el, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

55 As he spoke to our fathers, Toward Avraham and his seed forever."

56 Miryam stayed with her about three months, and returned to her house.

57 Now the time that Elisheva should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

59 It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zekharyah, after the name of the father.

60 His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called Yochanan."

61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."

62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is Yochanan." They all marveled.

64 His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

65 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Yehudah.

66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

67 His father, Zekharyah, was filled with the Ruach HaKodesh, and prophesied, saying,

68 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Yisra'el, For he has visited and worked redemption for his people;

69 And 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 from of old),

71 Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;

72 To show mercy towards our fathers, To remember his holy covenant,

73 The oath which he spoke to Avraham, our father,

74 To grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,

75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of Ha`Elyon, For you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways,

77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

79 To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of shalom."

80 The child grew, and grew strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Yisra'el.

The Message Bible MSG

1 So many others have tried their hand at putting together a story of the wonderful harvest of Scripture and history that took place among us,

2 using reports handed down by the original eyewitnesses who served this Word with their very lives.

3 Since I have investigated all the reports in close detail, starting from the story's beginning, I decided to write it all out for you, most honorable Theophilus,

4 so you can know beyond the shadow of a doubt the reliability of what you were taught. A Childless Couple Conceives

5 During the rule of Herod, King of Judea, there was a priest assigned service in the regiment of Abijah. His name was Zachariah. His wife was descended from the daughters of Aaron. Her name was Elizabeth.

6 Together they lived honorably before God, careful in keeping to the ways of the commandments and enjoying a clear conscience before God.

7 But they were childless because Elizabeth could never conceive, and now they were quite old.

8 It so happened that as Zachariah was carrying out his priestly duties before God, working the shift assigned to his regiment,

9 it came his one turn in life to enter the sanctuary of God and burn incense.

10 The congregation was gathered and praying outside the Temple at the hour of the incense offering.

11 Unannounced, an angel of God appeared just to the right of the altar of incense.

12 Zachariah was paralyzed in fear.

13 But the angel reassured him, "Don't fear, Zachariah. Your prayer has been heard. Elizabeth, your wife, will bear a son by you. You are to name him John.

14 You're going to leap like a gazelle for joy, and not only you - many will delight in his birth.

15 He'll achieve great stature with God.

16 He will turn many sons and daughters of Israel back to their God.

17 He will herald God's arrival in the style and strength of Elijah, soften the hearts of parents to children, and kindle devout understanding among hardened skeptics - he'll get the people ready for God."

18 Zachariah said to the angel, "Do you expect me to believe this? I'm an old man and my wife is an old woman."

19 But the angel said, "I am Gabriel, the sentinel of God, sent especially to bring you this glad news.

20 But because you won't believe me, you'll be unable to say a word until the day of your son's birth. Every word I've spoken to you will come true on time - God's time."

21 Meanwhile, the congregation waiting for Zachariah was getting restless, wondering what was keeping him so long in the sanctuary.

22 When he came out and couldn't speak, they knew he had seen a vision. He continued speechless and had to use sign language with the people.

23 When the course of his priestly assignment was completed, he went back home.[

24 It wasn't long before his wife, Elizabeth, conceived. She went off by herself for five months, relishing her pregnancy.

25 "So, this is how God acts to remedy my unfortunate condition!" she said.

26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth

27 to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin's name, Mary.

28 Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning! You're beautiful with God's beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you.

29 She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that.

30 But the angel assured her, "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you:

31 You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus.

32 He will be great, be called 'Son of the Highest.' The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David;

33 He will rule Jacob's house forever - no end, ever, to his kingdom."

34 Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man."

35 The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God.

36 "And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months' pregnant!

37 Nothing, you see, is impossible with God."

38 And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now: I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be with me just as you say. Then the angel left her. Blessed Among Women

39 Mary didn't waste a minute. She got up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country,

40 straight to Zachariah's house, and greeted Elizabeth.

41 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit,

42 and sang out exuberantly, You're so blessed among women, and the babe in your womb, also blessed!

43 And why am I so blessed that the mother of my Lord visits me?

44 The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears, The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy.

45 Blessed woman, who believed what God said, believed every word would come true!

46 And Mary said, I'm bursting with God-news;

47 I'm dancing the song of my Savior God.

48 God took one good look at me, and look what happened - I'm the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten,

49 the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others.

50 His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him.

51 He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts.

52 He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud.

53 The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold.

54 He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high.

55 It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now.

56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to her own home.

57 When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son.

58 Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her.

59 On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father.

60 But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John."

61 "But," they said, "no one in your family is named that."

62 They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named.

63 Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise.

64 Surprise followed surprise - Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God!

65 A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else.

66 Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this."

67 Then Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,

68 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he came and set his people free.

69 He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives, and in the very house of David his servant,

70 Just as he promised long ago through the preaching of his holy prophets:

71 Deliverance from our enemies and every hateful hand;

72 Mercy to our fathers, as he remembers to do what he said he'd do,

73 What he swore to our father Abraham -

74 a clean rescue from the enemy camp, So we can worship him without a care in the world,

75 made holy before him as long as we live.

76 And you, my child, "Prophet of the Highest," will go ahead of the Master to prepare his ways,

77 Present the offer of salvation to his people, the forgiveness of their sins.

78 Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise will break in upon us,

79 Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace.

80 The child grew up, healthy and spirited. He lived out in the desert until the day he made his prophetic debut in Israel.