- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely _________ among us,
- Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were _________, and ministers of the word;
- It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most _________ Theophilus,
- That thou mightest know the certainty of those _________, wherein thou hast been instructed.
- THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the _________ of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
- And they _________ both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- And they had no _________, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
- And it came to pass, that while he executed the _________'s office before God in the order of his course,
- According to the custom of the priest's _________, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
- And the whole multitude of the people were praying _________ at the time of incense.
- And there _________ unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
- And _________ Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
| - But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear _________ a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
- And thou shalt have joy and _________; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
- For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy _________, even from his mother's womb.
- And many of the children of _________ shall he turn to the Lord their God.
- And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of _________, 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.
- And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know _________? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
- And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that _________ in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
- And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my _________, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
- And the people waited for Zacharias, and _________ that he tarried so long in the temple.
- And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived _________ he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
- And it _________ to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
- And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five _________, saying,
| - Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days _________ he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
- And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named _________,
- To a virgin espoused to a man _________ name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
- And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: _________ art thou among women.
- And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and _________ in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
- And the angel _________ unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
- And, behold, thou shalt _________ in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
- He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the _________: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
- And he shall reign _________ the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
- Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, _________ I know not a man?
- And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall _________ thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
- And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was _________ barren.
| - For with God nothing shall be _________.
- And Mary said, _________ the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
- And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country _________ haste, into a city of Juda;
- And entered into the _________ of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
- And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the _________ of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
- And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, _________ art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
- And whence is this to me, that the _________ of my Lord should come to me?
- For, lo, as soon as the _________ of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
- And blessed is she that believed: for _________ shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
- And Mary said, My soul _________ magnify the Lord,
- And my spirit _________ rejoiced in God my Saviour.
| - For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, _________, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
- For he that is _________ hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
- And his _________ is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
- He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the _________ of their hearts.
- He hath put down the mighty from their _________, and exalted them of low degree.
- He hath filled the hungry with _________ things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
- He hath holpen his _________ Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
- As he spake to our _________, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
- And Mary abode with her about three months, and _________ to her own house.
- Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be _________; and she brought forth a son.
- And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had _________ great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
| - And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and _________ called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
- And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he _________ be called John.
- And they said _________ her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
- And they _________ signs to his father, how he would have him called.
- And he asked for a writing table, and _________, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
- And his _________ was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
- And fear came on all that _________ round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
- And all they that heard them laid them up in their _________, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
- And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and _________, saying,
- Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath _________ and redeemed his people,
- And hath raised up an _________ of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
| - As he _________ by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
- That we _________ be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
- To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy _________;
- The _________ which he sware to our father Abraham,
- That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without _________,
- In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our _________.
- And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for _________ shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
- To give knowledge of _________ unto his people by the remission of their sins,
- Through the tender mercy of our God; _________ the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
- To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of _________.
- And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts _________ the day of his shewing unto Israel.
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