1Luke 1

1Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us,Select Luke 1:1

2as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --Select Luke 1:2

3it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,Select Luke 1:3

4that thou mayest know the certainty of the things wherein thou wast instructed.Select Luke 1:4

5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;Select Luke 1:5

6and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,Select Luke 1:6

7and they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.Select Luke 1:7

8And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,Select Luke 1:8

9according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord,Select Luke 1:9

10and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.Select Luke 1:10

11And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,Select Luke 1:11

12and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;Select Luke 1:12

13and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,Select Luke 1:13

14and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,Select Luke 1:14

15for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;Select Luke 1:15

16and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,Select Luke 1:16

17and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'Select Luke 1:17

18And Zacharias said unto the messenger, `Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'Select Luke 1:18

19And the messenger answering said to him, `I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,Select Luke 1:19

20and lo, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, that shall be fulfilled in their season.'Select Luke 1:20

21And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondering at his tarrying in the sanctuary,Select Luke 1:21

22and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.Select Luke 1:22

23And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went away to his house,Select Luke 1:23

24and after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying--Select Luke 1:24

25`Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon me , to take away my reproach among men.'Select Luke 1:25

26And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which is Nazareth,Select Luke 1:26

27to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name is Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin is Mary.Select Luke 1:27

28And the messenger having come in unto her, said, `Hail, favoured one, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women;'Select Luke 1:28

29and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.Select Luke 1:29

30And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;Select Luke 1:30

31and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;Select Luke 1:31

32he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,Select Luke 1:32

33and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'Select Luke 1:33

34And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'Select Luke 1:34

35And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;Select Luke 1:35

36and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;Select Luke 1:36

37because nothing shall be impossible with God.'Select Luke 1:37

38And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.Select Luke 1:38

39And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,Select Luke 1:39

40and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.Select Luke 1:40

41And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,Select Luke 1:41

42and spake out with a loud voice, and said, `Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb;Select Luke 1:42

43and whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?Select Luke 1:43

44for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;Select Luke 1:44

45and happy is she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.'Select Luke 1:45

46And Mary said, `My soul doth magnify the Lord,Select Luke 1:46

47And my spirit was glad on God my Saviour,Select Luke 1:47

48Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,Select Luke 1:48

49For He who is mighty did to me great things, And holy is His name,Select Luke 1:49

50And His kindness is to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,Select Luke 1:50

51He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,Select Luke 1:51

52He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,Select Luke 1:52

53The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,Select Luke 1:53

54He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,Select Luke 1:54

55As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed--to the age.'Select Luke 1:55

56And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.Select Luke 1:56

57And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,Select Luke 1:57

58and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.Select Luke 1:58

59And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,Select Luke 1:59

60and his mother answering said, `No, but he shall be called John.'Select Luke 1:60

61And they said unto her--`There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'Select Luke 1:61

62and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,Select Luke 1:62

63and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, `John is his name;' and they did all wonder;Select Luke 1:63

64and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.Select Luke 1:64

65And fear came upon all those dwelling around them, and in all the hill-country of Judea were all these sayings spoken of,Select Luke 1:65

66and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.Select Luke 1:66

67And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying,Select Luke 1:67

68`Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people,Select Luke 1:68

69And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,Select Luke 1:69

70As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;Select Luke 1:70

71Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us,Select Luke 1:71

72To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,Select Luke 1:72

73An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,Select Luke 1:73

74To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,Select Luke 1:74

75To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.Select Luke 1:75

76And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.Select Luke 1:76

77To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,Select Luke 1:77

78Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,Select Luke 1:78

79To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'Select Luke 1:79

80And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.Select Luke 1:80