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Luke 1 📜 📕 ↷
Gabriel Foretells John's Birth
5 There was in the days of Herod the king of Jewry, a certain Priest named Zacharie, of the course of Abia; & his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.📜💬📚
6 And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifications of our Lord without blame,📜💬📚
7 and they had no son: for that Elizabeth was barren, and both were well striken in their days.📜💬📚
8 And it came to pass, when he executed the priestly function in the order of his course before God,📜💬📚
9 according to the custom of the Priestly function, he went forth by lot to offer incense, entering into the temple of our Lord;📜💬📚
10 and all the multitude of the people was praying without at the hour of the incense.📜💬📚
11 And there appeared to him an Angel of our Lord, standing on the right hand of the Altar of incense.📜💬📚
12 And Zacharie was troubled, seeing him; and fear fell upon him.📜💬📚
13 But the Angel said to him: Fear not Zacharie, for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John:📜💬📚
14 and thou shalt have joy and exultation, and many shall rejoice in his nativity.📜💬📚
15 For he shall be great before our Lord; and wine and sicer he shall not drink; and he shall be replenished with the Holy Ghost even from his mother's womb.📜💬📚
16 And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.📜💬📚
17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and virtue of Elias, that he may convert the hearts of the fathers unto the children, and the incredulous to the wisdom of the just, to prepare unto the Lord a perfect people.📜💬📚
18 And Zacharie said to the Angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I am old; and my wife is well striken in her days.📜💬📚
19 And the Angel answering said to him: I am Gabriel that assist before God; and am sent to speak to thee, and to evangelize these things to thee.📜💬📚
20 And behold, thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be able to speak until the day wherein these things shall be done; for-because thou hast not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time.📜💬📚
21 And the people was expecting Zacharie; and they marveled that he made tarriance in the temple.📜💬📚
22 And coming forth he could not speak to them, and they knew that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he made signs to them, and remained dumb.📜💬📚
23 And it came to pass, after the days of his office were expired, he departed into his house.📜💬📚
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