Luke 1
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Luke 1:13-17

13But the angelG32 saidG3004 to him, “1Do not beG5399 afraidG5399, ZechariahG2197, for your prayerG1162 has been heardG1522, and your wifeG1135 ElizabethG1665 will bearG1080 you a sonG5207, and 2you shall 3nameG2564G3686 him JohnG2491. 14You will have joyG5479 and gladnessG20, and manyG4183 will rejoiceG5463 overG1909 his birthG1078. 15For he will be greatG3173 inG1799 theG1799 sightG1799 ofG1799 the LordG2962; and he will 4drinkG4095 noG3756G3361 wineG3631 orG2532 liquorG4608, and he will be filledG4092 with the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 5while stillG2089 in his mother’sG3384 wombG2836. 16And he will 6turnG1994 manyG4183 of the sonsG5207 of IsraelG2474 backG1994 to the LordG2962 their GodG2316. 17And it is he who will 7goG4281 as a forerunner beforeG1799 Him in the spiritG4151 and powerG1411 of 8ElijahG2243, 9to turnG1994 the heartsG2588 of fathersG3962 backG1994 to their childrenG5043, and the disobedientG545 to the attitudeG5428 of the righteousG1342, to 10makeG2090 readyG2090 a peopleG2992 preparedG2680 for the LordG2962.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 1:13 Matt 14:27; Luke 1:30 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 1:13 Luke 1:60, 63 ↩
  3. 3. Luke 1:13 Lit call his name ↩
  4. 4. Luke 1:15 Num 6:3; Judg 13:4; Matt 11:18; Luke 7:33 ↩
  5. 5. Luke 1:15 Lit still from his ↩
  6. 6. Luke 1:16 Matt 3:2, 6; Luke 3:3 ↩
  7. 7. Luke 1:17 Luke 1:76 ↩
  8. 8. Luke 1:17 Matt 11:14 ↩
  9. 9. Luke 1:17 Mal 4:6 ↩
  10. 10. Luke 1:17 Luke 1:76 ↩

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