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67 And his father Zechariah 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 has 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 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 horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
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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 who hate us;
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salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show 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,
73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
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the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
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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 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 in the forgiveness of their sins,
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to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit usfrom on high
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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.”
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