| 1:67 |
And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit. And he prophesied, saying: |
| 1:68 |
“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel. For he has visited and has wrought the redemption of his people. |
| 1:69 |
And he has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of David his servant, |
| 1:70 |
just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, who are from ages past: |
| 1:71 |
salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those who hate us, |
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to accomplish mercy with our fathers, and to call to mind his holy testament, |
| 1:73 |
the oath, which he swore to Abraham, our father, that he would grant to us, |
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so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear, |
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in holiness and in justice before him, throughout all our days. |
| 1:76 |
And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways, |
| 1:77 |
to give knowledge of salvation to his people for the remission of their sins, |
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through the heart of the mercy of our God, by which, descending from on high, he has visited us, |
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to illuminate those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to direct our feet in the way of peace.” |
