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Luke 1:51-62 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

51. He hath shewed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

52. He hath put down princes from their thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree.

53. The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

54. He hath holpen Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy

55. (As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

56. And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.

57. Now Elisabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

58. And her neighbours and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

59. And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

60. And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

61. And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

62. And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

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