Luke 1:72-79

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⁷² Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors
    and has remembered his holy covenant,^(A)
73 the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham,
to grant us ⁷⁴     that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,^{(B) 75} in holiness and righteousness
    in his presence all our days.^(C)
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High,
    for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,^(D)
77 to give his people knowledge of salvation
    by the forgiveness of their sins.^(E)
78 Because of the tender mercy of our God,
    the dawn from on high will break^[a] upon^[b] us,
⁷⁹ to shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into the way of peace.”^(F)