| 57 | Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. |
| 58 | And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. |
| 59 | And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. |
| 60 | And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. |
| 61 | And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. |
| 62 | And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. |
| 63 | And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marveled all. |
| 64 | And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. |
| 65 | And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea. |
| 66 | And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him. |
| 67 | And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, |
| 68 | Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, |
| 69 | And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; |
| 70 | As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: |
| 71 | That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; |
| 72 | To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; |
| 73 | The oath which he swore to our father Abraham, |
| 74 | That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, |
| 75 | In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. |
| 76 | And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; |
| 77 | To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, |
| 78 | Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, |
| 79 | To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. |
| 80 | And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel. |