Luke 1:8-17

8Now it happened that while 1he was performing his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division, 9according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot 2to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10And the whole multitude of the people were in prayer 3outside at the hour of the incense offering. 11Now 4an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense. 12Zechariah was troubled when he saw the angel, and 5fear 6gripped him. 13But the angel said to him, “7Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and 8you shall 9name him John. 14You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice over his birth. 15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will 10drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit 11while still in his mother’s womb. 16And he will 12turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God. 17And it is he who will 13go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of 14Elijah, 15to turn the hearts of fathers back to their children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, to 16make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”