Hi, and welcome to
His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and
thank you for joining me today.
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We'll be reading from the
King James version of the Bible,
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But before we read
let's go to Him in prayer.
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Dear God, thank you so
much for giving us your word.
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to comfort and strengthen and
encourage us to assure us that
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because of the great love
of you and your son, we have a
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life with you for all eternity.
Please be with us now as we
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read. Help us to understand what
we read and may it bear fruit
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in our lives. We love you. Amen.
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When last we read, it was
the story of the crucifixion.
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Jesus had been laid to rest
in the tomb and a heavy stone
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had been put in front of the
entry. And early on the first
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day of the week some women came
to anoint him with spices, and
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wondered how they were
going to move the stone;
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But when they arrived, they
found that the stone was already
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removed. We're picking up
now again in Mark, chapter 16,
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verse 5. And entering into the
sepulcher, they saw a young man
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sitting on the right side,
clothed in a long white garment;
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and they were affrighted.
And he saith unto them,
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Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus
of Nazareth, which was crucified
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He is risen; he is not here:
behold the place where they
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laid him. But go your way,
tell his disciples and Peter
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that he goeth before you into
Galilee: there shall ye see him,
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as he said unto you. And
they went out quickly, and fled
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from the sepulcher; for
they trembled and were amazed:
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neither said they any thing to
any man; for they were afraid.
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Now when Jesus was risen
early the first day of the week,
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he appeared first to
Mary Magdalene, out of whom
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he had cast seven devils.
And she went and told them
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that had been with him,
as they mourned and wept.
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And they, when they had heard
that he was alive, and had been
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seen of her, believed
not. After that he appeared
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in another form unto
two of them, as they walked,
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and went into the country. And
they went and told it unto the
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residue: neither believed
they them. Afterward he appeared
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unto the eleven as they
sat at meat, and upbraided them
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with their unbelief and hardness
of heart, because they believed
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not them which had
seen him after he was risen.
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And he said unto them, Go ye
into all the world, and preach
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the gospel to every
creature. He that believeth
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and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that believeth not
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shall be damned. And these
signs shall follow them that
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believe; In my name
shall they cast out devils;
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they shall speak
with new tongues;
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They shall take up serpents;
and if they drink any deadly
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thing, it shall not hurt them;
they shall lay hands on the sick
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and they shall recover. So
then after the Lord had spoken
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unto them, he was
received up into heaven,
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and sat on the right hand
of God and they went forth,
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and preached everywhere,
the Lord working with them,
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and confirming the word
with signs following. Amen.
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And now reading the
Gospel according to Luke,
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beginning with chapter one.
Forasmuch as many have taken
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in hand to set forth in order
a declaration of those things
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which are most
surely believed among us,
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Even as they delivered them unto
us, which from the beginning
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were eyewitnesses, and ministers
of the word; it seemed good
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to me also, having had perfect
understanding of all things
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from the very first, to
write unto thee in order,
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most excellent Theophilus,
that thou mightest know
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the certainty of those
things, wherein thou hast been
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instructed. There was in the
days of Herod, the king of Judea
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a certain priest named
Zacharias of the course of Abia:
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and his wife was of
the daughters of Aaron,
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and her name was Elizabeth.
And they were both righteous
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before God, walking in all
the commandments and ordinances
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of the Lord blameless.
And they had no child,
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because that Elisabeth
was barren, and they both were
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now well stricken in
years. And it came to pass,
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that while he executed
the priest's office before God
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in the order of his
course, According to the custom
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of the priest's office,
his lot was to burn incense
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when he went into
the temple of the Lord.
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And the whole multitude of
the people were praying without
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at the time of incense.
And there appeared unto him
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an angel of the Lord standing
on the right side of the altar
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of incense. And when Zacharias
saw him, he was troubled,
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and fear fell upon him.
But the angel said unto him,
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fear not Zacharias: for thy
prayer is heard; and thy wife
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Elizabeth shall bear thee a son,
and thou shalt call his name
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John. And thou shalt
have joy and gladness;
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and many shall rejoice at
his birth. For he shall be great
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in the sight of the Lord,
and shall drink neither wine
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nor strong drink; and he shall
be filled with the Holy Ghost,
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even from his mother's womb. And
many of the children of Israel
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shall he turn to the Lord their
God. And he shall go before him
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in the spirit and power
of Elias, to turn the hearts
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of the fathers to the
children, and the disobedient
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to the wisdom of the just;
to make ready a people prepared
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for the Lord. And
Zacharias said unto the angel,
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Whereby shall I know this?
for I am an old man, and my wife
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well stricken in years. And the
angel answering said unto him,
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I am Gabriel, that stand in
the presence of God; and am sent
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to speak unto thee, and to
shew the these glad tidings.
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And, behold, thou shalt be
dumb, and not able to speak,
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until the day that that
these things shall be performed,
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because thou believest not my
words, which shall be fulfilled
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in their season. And the
people waited for Zacharias,
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and marveled that he
tarried so long in the temple.
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And when he came out, he
could not speak unto them:
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and they perceived that he
had seen a vision in the temple:
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for he beckoned unto
them, and remained speechless.
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and it came to pass,
that as soon as the days of
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his ministration
were accomplished,
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he departed to his own house.
And after those days his wife
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Elisabeth conceived, and
hid herself five months, saying,
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Thus hath the Lord dealt
with me in the days wherein he
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looked on me, to take
away my reproach among men.
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And in the sixth month the
angel Gabriel was sent from God
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unto a city of
Galilee, named Nazareth,
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to a virgin espoused to a
man whose name was Joseph,
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of the house of David; and
the virgin's name was Mary.
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And the angel came in
unto her, and said, Hail,
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thou that art highly
favored, the Lord is with thee:
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blessed art thou among
women. And when she saw him,
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she was troubled at his saying,
and cast in her mind what manner
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of salutation this should
be. And the angel said unto her,
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Fear not Mary: for thou
hast found favor with God.
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And, behold, thou
shalt conceive in thy womb,
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and bring forth a son,
and shalt call his name Jesus.
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He shall be great, and shall be
called the Son of the Highest:
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and the Lord God shall give unto
him the throne of his father
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David: and he shall reign over
the house of Jacob for ever;
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and of his kingdom
there shall be no end.
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Then said Mary unto the angel,
How shall this be, seeing I know
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not a man? And the angel
answered and said unto her,
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The Holy Ghost
shall come upon thee,
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and the power of the
Highest shall overshadow thee:
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therefore also that holy thing
which shall be born of thee
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shall be called the Son of
God. And, behold, thy cousin
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Elisabeth, she hath also
conceived a son in her old age:
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and this is the sixth month
with her, who was called barren.
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For with God nothing shall
be impossible. And Mary said,
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Behold the handmaid of
the Lord; be it unto me
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according to thy word. And
the angel departed from her.
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And Mary arose in those days,
and went into the hill country
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with haste, into a city of Judah
and entered into the house of
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Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth.
And it came to pass, that
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when Elisabeth heard
the salutation of Mary
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the babe leaped in her womb;
and Elisabeth was filled with
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the Holy Ghost: And she spake
out with a loud voice, and said
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blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy
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womb. And whence is this to
me, that the mother of my Lord
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should come to me? For,
lo, as soon as the voice
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of thy salutation sounded
in mine ears, the babe leaped
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in my womb for joy. And blessed
is she that believed: for there
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shall be a performance of
those things which were told her
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from the Lord. And Mary said,
My soul doth magnify the Lord.
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And my spirit hath rejoiced
in God my Saviour. For he hath
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regarded the low estate of
his handmaiden: for, behold,
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from henceforth all generations
shall call me blessed.
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For he that is mighty
hath done to me great things;
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and holy is his name. And
his mercy is on them that fear
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him from
generation to generation.
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He hath shewed strength
with his arm; he hath scattered
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the proud in the imagination of
their hearts. He hath put down
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the mighty from their seats,
and exalted them of low degree.
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He hath filled the hungry
with good things; and the rich
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he hath sent empty away. He
hath helpen his servant Israel,
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in remembrance of his mercy;
As he spake to our fathers,
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to Abraham, and to his seed for
ever. And Mary abode with her
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about three months, and
returned to her own house.
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Now Elisabeth's full time came
that she should be delivered;
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and she brought forth a son. And
her neighbors and her cousins
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heard how the Lord had
shewed great mercy upon her; and
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they rejoiced with
her. And it came to pass,
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that on the eighth day they
came to circumcise the child;
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and they called him Zacharias,
after the name of his father.
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And his mother
answered and said, Not so;
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but he shall be called
John. And they said unto her,
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There is none of thy kindred
that is called by this name.
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And they made signs to his
father, how he would have him
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called. And he asked for
a writing table, and wrote
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saying, His name is
John. And they marveled all.
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And his mouth was opened
immediately, and his tongue
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was loosed, and he
spake, and praised God.
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And fear came on all
that dwelt round about them:
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and all these sayings
were noised abroad throughout
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all the hill country of Judea.
And all they that heard them
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laid them up in their hearts,
saying, What manner of child
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shall this be! And the
hand of the Lord was with him.
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And his father Zacharias
was filled with the Holy Ghost,
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and prophesied, saying, Blessed
be the Lord God of Israel;
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for he hath visited
and redeemed his people,
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and hath raised up an horn
of salvation for us in the house
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of his servant David; As
he spake by the mouth of his
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holy prophets, which have
been since the world began:
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That we should be saved from our
enemies, and from the hand of
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all that hate us; to perform the
mercy promised to our fathers,
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and to remember
his holy covenant;
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The oath which he
sware to our father Abraham,
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that he would grant unto
us, that we being delivered
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out of the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear,
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in holiness and righteousness
before him, all the days of
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our life. And thou, child,
shalt be called the prophet
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of the Highest: for thou shalt
go before the face of the Lord
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to prepare his ways; To
give knowledge of salvation
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unto his people by the
remission of their sins,
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through the tender mercy of
our God; whereby the dayspring
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from on high hath visited
us, to give light to them
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that sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
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to guide our feet
into the way of peace.
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And the child grew,
and waxed strong in spirit,
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and was in the deserts till the
day of his shewing unto Israel.
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I'm reading from the
book of Luke, chapter two.
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And it came to
pass in those days,
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that there went out a
decree from Caesar Augustus,
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that all the world should
be taxed. - And this taxing
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was first made when Cyrenius
was governor of Syria. -
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And all went to be taxed,
every one into his own city.
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And Joseph also
went up from Galilee,
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out of the city of Nazareth,
unto Judaea, unto the city
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of David, which
is called Bethlehem;
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because he was of the
house and lineage of David:
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To be taxed with
Mary his espoused wife,
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being great with
child And so it was, that,
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while they were there,
the days were accomplished
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that she should be
delivered. And she brought forth
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her firstborn son, and wrapped
him in swaddling clothes,
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and laid him in a manger;
because there was no room
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for them in the inn. And
there were in the same country
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shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock
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by night. And, lo, the angel
of the Lord came upon them,
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and the glory of the
Lord shone round about them:
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and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them,
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Fear not: for, behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy,
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which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day
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in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord.
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And this shall be a sign
unto you; Ye shall find the babe
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wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying in a manger.
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And suddenly there was
with the angel a multitude
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of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying,
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Glory to God in the highest, and
on the earth peace, good will
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toward men. - Thank
you for joining me today,
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for the reading of
the word of God. Goodbye.
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