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59 On the eighth day people came to circumcise [make a special mark on] the child. They were going to name him Zechariah like his father.

60 But his mother said, `No, his name is to be John.'

61 They said to her, `But no one in your family has that name.'

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59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise(A) the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, 60 but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”(B)

61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”

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Circumcision of John the Baptist

59 So it was, (A)on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias. 60 His mother answered and said, (B)“No; he shall be called John.”

61 But they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

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