Luke 1 — LSV
1Verse 1Seeing that many took in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us,Verse 2as they delivered to us, who from the beginning became eyewitnesses, and officers of the word,Verse 3it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to you in order, most noble Theophilus,Verse 4that you may know the certainty of the things wherein you were instructed.Verse 5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the division of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth;Verse 6and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the LORD blameless,Verse 7and they had no child, because that Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.Verse 8And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his division before God,Verse 9according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make incense, having gone into the temple of the LORD,Verse 10and all the multitude of the people were praying outside, at the hour of the incense.Verse 11And there appeared to him a messenger of the LORD standing on the right side of the altar of the incense,Verse 12and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;Verse 13and the messenger said to him, “Do not fear, Zacharias, for your supplication was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you will call his name John,Verse 14and there will be joy to you, and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,Verse 15for he will be great before the LORD, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and he will be full of the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb;Verse 16and he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the LORD their God,Verse 17and he will go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers to children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the LORD, a people prepared.”Verse 18And Zacharias said to the messenger, “Whereby will I know this? For I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?”Verse 19And the messenger answering said to him, “I am Gabriel, who has been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak to you, and to proclaim this good news to you,Verse 20and behold, you will be silent, and not able to speak, until the day that these things will come to pass, because you did not believe my words that will be fulfilled in their season.”Verse 21And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondering at his lingering in the temple,Verse 22and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, and he was beckoning to them, and remained mute.Verse 23And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went away to his house,Verse 24and after those days, his wife Elizabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,Verse 25“Thus the LORD has done to me, in days in which He looked on [me], to take away my reproach among men.”Verse 26And in the sixth month the messenger Gabriel was sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which [is] Nazareth,Verse 27to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name [is] Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin [is] Mary.Verse 28And the messenger having come in to her, said, “Greetings, favored one, the LORD [is] with you; blessed [are] you among women”;Verse 29and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.Verse 30And the messenger said to her, “Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor with God;Verse 31and behold, you will conceive in the womb, and will bring forth a Son, and call His Name Jesus;Verse 32He will be great, and He will be called Son of the Highest, and the LORD God will give Him the throne of His father David,Verse 33and He will reign over the house of Jacob for all ages; and of His kingdom there will be no end.”Verse 34And Mary said to the messenger, “How will this be, seeing I do not know a husband?”Verse 35And the messenger answering said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you, therefore also the holy-begotten thing will be called Son of God;Verse 36and behold, Elizabeth, your relative, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;Verse 37because nothing will be impossible with God.”Verse 38And Mary said, “Behold, the maidservant of the LORD; let it be to me according to your saying,” and the messenger went away from her.Verse 39And Mary having arisen in those days, went into the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,Verse 40and entered into the house of Zacharias, and greeted Elizabeth.Verse 41And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the baby leapt in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,Verse 42and spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed [are] you among women, and blessed [is] the Fruit of your womb;Verse 43and from where [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come to me?Verse 44For behold, when the voice of your salutation came to my ears, the baby in my womb leapt in gladness;Verse 45and blessed [is] she who believed, for there will be a completion to the things spoken to her from the LORD.”Verse 46And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the LORD,Verse 47And my spirit was glad on God my Savior,Verse 48Because He looked on the lowliness of His maidservant, || For behold, from now on all the generations will call me blessed,Verse 49For He who is mighty did great things to me, || And holy [is] His Name,Verse 50And His kindness [is] to generations of generations, || To those fearing Him;Verse 51He did powerfully with His arm, || He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,Verse 52He brought down the mighty from thrones, || And He exalted the lowly,Verse 53He filled the hungry with good, || And the rich He sent away empty;Verse 54He has taken hold of His servant Israel, || To remember kindness,Verse 55As He spoke to our fathers, || To Abraham and to his seed—throughout the age.”Verse 56And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.Verse 57And to Elizabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bore a son,Verse 58and the neighbors and her relatives heard that the LORD was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.Verse 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,Verse 60and his mother answering said, “No, but he will be called John.”Verse 61And they said to her, “There is none among your relatives who is called by this name,”Verse 62and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,Verse 63and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, “John is his name”; and they all wondered;Verse 64and his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.Verse 65And fear came on all those dwelling around them, and in all the hill-country of Judea were all these sayings spoken of,Verse 66and all who heard laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” And the hand of the LORD was with him.Verse 67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,Verse 68“Blessed [is] the LORD, the God of Israel, || Because He looked on, || And worked redemption for His people,Verse 69And raised a horn of salvation to us, || In the house of His servant David,Verse 70As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, || Which have been from the age;Verse 71Salvation from our enemies, || And out of the hand of all hating us,Verse 72To do kindness with our fathers, || And to be mindful of His holy covenant,Verse 73An oath that He swore to Abraham our father,Verse 74To give to us, without fear, || Having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies,Verse 75To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness || Before Him, all the days of our life.Verse 76And you, child, || Prophet of the Highest will you be called; For you will go before the face of the LORD, || To prepare His ways.Verse 77To give knowledge of salvation to His people || In forgiveness of their sins,Verse 78Through the yearnings of our God, || In which the rising from on high looked on us,Verse 79To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, || To guide our feet to a way of peace.”Verse 80And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts until the day of his showing to Israel.