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Luke 1:61-69 English Standard Version (ESV)

61. And they said to her, “None of your relatives is called by this name.”

62. And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called.

63. And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all wondered.

64. And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.

65. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea,

66. and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.

67. And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,

68. “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,for he has visited and redeemed his people

69. and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,