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\subsection{Luke 1}
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\subsubsection{Explanatory Preface}
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\VS{1} Since many have set their hand to compile [a] narrative concerning all the
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deeds having been accomplished among us,
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\VS{2} like the accounts passed on to us from the beginning by the eyewitnesses and those having become ministers of the word,
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\VS{3} it seemed good for me also, having carefully investigated everything anew\fnAnothen{}, in
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order to write to you, noblest Theophilos,
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\VS{4} that you may know the certainty of the words with which you have been taught.
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\subsubsection{Birth Announcement of John the Baptist}
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\VS{5} It came to pass in the days of Herod king of the Jews [that] there was [a]
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certain priest Zacharias by name of the division Abia, and his wife of the
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daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elizabeth.
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\VS{6} Now they were both just before God, walking blameless in
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all the commandments and just-acts of the Lord.
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\VS{7} And there was not to them [a] child, as Elizabeth was barren, and
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both were advanced in their days.
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\VS{8} Now it came to pass in the performing of his priestly duties in the
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fixed succession of his division before God,
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\VS{9} according to the custom of the priestly service he was
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appointed to burn incense have entered into the temple of the Lord,
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\VS{10} and all the multitude of the people was praying outside in the hour of the incense.
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\VS{11} Now there appeared to him [an] angel of the Lord standing to
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the right of the altar of the incense.
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\VS{12} And when Zacharia saw, he was unsettled, and fear fell upon him.
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\VS{13} But the angel said to him: Be not
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fearing, Zacharia, because your entreaty has been heard, and your wife
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Elizabeth will bear [a] son to you, and you will call his name John.
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\VS{14} And joy and gladness will be to you, and many will be glad upon his birth.
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\VS{15} For he will be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he
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will \negd{not} drink, and he shall be filled of the Holy Spirit while
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in his mother's belly,
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\VS{16} and many of the sons of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God,
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\VS{17} and he himself will go forth before him in
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[the] spirit and power of Elijah, to turn [the] hearts of fathers to children and
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[the] disobedient [to turn] to the mind of just [ones] to prepare for the Lord [a] people made ready.
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\VS{18} And Zacharia said to the angel: How will I know this? For I
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am old and my wife is advanced in her days.
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\VS{19} And answering the angel
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said to him: I am Gabriel, the [one] having stood before God, and sent to speak
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to you and proclaim to you these [things].
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\VS{20} And behold you shall be silent
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and not able to speak until that day these [things] come to pass,
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because\footnote{or ``in return for which''} you did not believe my words,
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which will be fulfilled in their opportune-time\fnKairos{}.
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\VS{21} And the people were waiting for Zacharia, and were marveling on his lingering in the temple,
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\VS{22} and when he came out he was not able to speak to them, and they knew
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that he had seen [a] vision in the temple; and he was beckoning to them, and he remained mute.
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\VS{23} And it came to pass as the days of his ministry were fulfilled, he departed to his house.
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\VS{24} So after those days Elizabeth conceived, and concealed herself five months, saying
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\VS{25} that: Thus the Lord has done for me for [the] days that he considered to take away my reproach
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among men.
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\subsubsection{Birth Announcement of Jesus the Messiah}
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\VS{26} Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to [a] city
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of Galilee that [is] Nazareth by name
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\VS{27} to [a] virgin betrothed to [a] man by
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name Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin [is] Mariam.
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\VS{28} And having entered in to her he said: Greetings, highly favored
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[one], the Lord [is] with you. Blessed [are] you among women\footnote{``Blessed are you among women'' D \koine{} \vulgate{}; omit: \sinaiticus{}BW}.
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\VS{29} But upon [this] word she was
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[greatly] perplexed, and was considering what kind of greeting this might be.
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\VS{30} And the angel said to her: Be not fearing, Mariam, for you have found grace
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with God.
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\VS{31} And behold you will conceive in your womb and will bear
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[a] son, and you will call his name Jesus.
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\VS{32} This [one] will be great and will
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be called son of the most high, and the Lord God will give to him the throne
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of David his father.
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\VS{33} And he will be king over the house of Jacob to
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eternity, and of his kingdom there will not be end.
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\VS{34} But Mariam said
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to the angel: How will this be, since I do not know [a] man?
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\VS{35} And
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answering the angel said to her: [the] Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the
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power of the most high will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy [one] having
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been born will be called holy, [who is the] son of God.
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\VS{36} And behold Elizabeth
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your kinswoman has conceived [a] son in her old age, and this the sixth month
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for her [who was] called barren;
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\VS{37} for every word is not impossible with God.
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\VS{38} So Mariam said: Behold the slave of the Lord. May it be to me
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according to your word. And the angel departed from her.
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\subsubsection{Mary and Elizabeth}
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\VS{39} Now when
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Mariam arose in those days she proceeded to the hill country with haste to
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the city [of] Judah,
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\VS{40} and entered into the house of Zacharia and greeted
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Elizabeth.
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\VS{41} And it came to pass as Elizabeth heard Mariam's greeting,
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the child leapt in her belly, and Elizabeth was filled of the Holy Spirit.
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\VS{42} And she cried out with [a] great shout and said: Blessed [are] you among
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women, and blessed [is] the fruit [of your] belly.
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\VS{43} And how is this to me that the
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mother of my Lord should come to me?
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\VS{44} For behold as the sound [of your]
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greeting came to pass to my ears, the baby in gladness leapt in my belly.
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\VS{45} And blessed [is] she who has believed that there will be completion to
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the [things] spoken to her by [the] Lord.
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\subsubsection{Mary's Hymn of Praise}
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\VS{46} And Mariam said:
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\begin{verse}
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My psyche-life\fnPsyche{} magnifies the Lord \\
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\VS{47} And my spirit gladdens upon God my savior \\
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\VS{48} Because he has looked upon the humility of his slave \\
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For behold from now [on] \\
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will all generations call me blessed \\
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\VS{49} Because the mighty [one] has done great [things] to\footnote{or ``for'',
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``with''} me \\
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And holy [is] his name. \\
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\VS{50} And his mercy [is] to generation and generation \\
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To [those] fearing him. \\
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\VS{51} [the] strength in his arm has done [it]: \\
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He has scattered [the] conspicuous \\
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in the mind\footnote{or ``intellect''} of their hearts \\
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\VS{52} He has thrown down the powerful from their thrones \\
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And has exalted the humble. \\
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\VS{53} [the] hungering he has filled with good \ADD{things \\
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}And the rich he has sent away
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empty. \\
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\VS{54} He has helped Israel his child \\
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To recall his mercy \\
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\VS{55} Just as he spoke to our fathers \\
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To Abraham and to his seed to eternity.
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\end{verse}
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\VS{56} And Mariam remained with her [about] three months, and returned to her
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house.
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\subsubsection{The Birth of John}
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\VS{57} Now to Elizabeth was fulfilled the time of her bearing, and she gave
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birth to [a] son.
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\VS{58} And her neighbors and kin heard that the Lord had
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magnified his mercy with her, and rejoiced with her.
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\VS{59} And it came
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[about] on the eighth day they came to be circumcising the child, and they were
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calling it upon the name of his father Zacharia.
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\VS{60} And answering, his
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mother said: No, rather he will be called John.
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\VS{61} And they said to her
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that: There are none [of your] kinsmen who are called by that name.
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\VS{62} But they
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were beckoning to his father what he might wish it to be called.
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\VS{63} And having requested [a] little tablet he wrote, saying: John is his name. And all marveled.
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\VS{64} But his mouth was opened immediately and [also] his tongue, and
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he was speaking praising God.
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\VS{65} And fear came upon all those who were
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dwelling around, and in the whole hill country of Judea they were discussing
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all these words.
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\VS{66} And all who heard decided in their hearts, saying:
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What therefore will this child be? And, For the hand of the Lord was with
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him.
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\subsubsection{Zachariah's Praise and Prediction}
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\VS{67} And Zacharia his father was filled of the Holy Spirit and
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prophesied saying:
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\begin{verse}
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\VS{68} Blessed [is the] Lord God of Israel \\
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Because he has cared for and made ransom for his people. \\
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\VS{69} And he raised the horn of salvation to us \\
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In the house of David his child. \\
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\VS{70} Just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets \\
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from [the] eons, \\
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\VS{71} Salvation from our enemies \\
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And from the hand of all hating us \\
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\VS{72} To do mercy with our fathers \\
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And to remind [them] of his holy contract, \\
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\VS{73} The oath that he swore to Abraham our father, \\
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\VS{74} To give to us fearless rescue from the hand of enemies, \\
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\VS{75} To be serving him in piety and justice \\
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Before him all our days. \\
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\VS{76} And you, child, you will be called [a] prophet \\
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of the most high, \\
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For you will proceed before the Lord \\
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to prepare his way, \\
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\VS{77} To give knowledge of salvation to his people \\
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In forgiveness of their sins. \\
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\VS{78} Through the merciful guts of our God \\
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By which [this] sunrise from on high cares for us, \\
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\VS{79} To shine to those dwelling in [the] darkness \\
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and [the] shadow of death, \\
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To direct their feet to the way of peace.
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\end{verse}
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\VS{80} So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the
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wilderness until the day of his installation\footnote{or ``commissioning''}
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before Israel.
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