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Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.
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And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord 1had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
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And 2on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father,
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but his mother answered, "No; 3he shall be called John."
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And they said to her, "None of your relatives is called by this name."
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And 4they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called.
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And he asked for 5a writing tablet and wrote, 6"His name is John." And they all wondered.
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7And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue 8loosed, and he spoke, 9blessing God.
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And 10fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all 11the hill country of Judea,
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and all who heard them 12laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For 13the hand of the Lord was with him.