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Introduction
Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
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just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
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And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
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And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”
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When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
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Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.
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He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.
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but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”
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He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
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salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—
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to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear
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because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
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And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.
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So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
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When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
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But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
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so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”
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and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
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Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.
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When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom.
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After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it.
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Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.
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When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”
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But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
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Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.
