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Luke 1 - Read-Along · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Luke, chapter 1. Inasmuch as many have undertaken
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  to compile an account of the things accomplished among us,
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  just as they were handed down to us by those who from the
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  beginning were eyewitnesses, servants of the word, it seemed
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  fitting for me as well, having investigated everything
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  carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in
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  consecutive order. Most excellent, Theophilus, so
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  that you may know the exact truth about the things you have
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  been taught. In the days of Herod, king of
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  Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias of the division of
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  Abijah, and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her
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  name was Elizabeth. They were both righteous in the
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  sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the
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  commandments and requirements of the Lord, but they had no child
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  because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in
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  years. Now it happened that while he
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  was performing his priestly service before God in the
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  appointed order of his division, according to the custom of the
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  priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of
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  the Lord and burn incense. And the whole multitude of the
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  people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense
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  offering, and an Angel of the Lord appeared to him standing to
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  the right of the altar of incense.
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  Zacharias was troubled when he saw the Angel, and fear gripped
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  him. But the Angel said to him, Do
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  not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard,
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  and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will
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  give him the name John. You will have joy and gladness,
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  and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great in
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  the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine or liquor,
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  and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his
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  mother's womb, and he will turn many of the sons of Israel back
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  to the Lord their God. It is he who will go as a
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  forerunner before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to
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  turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the
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  disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make
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  ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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  Zacharias said to the Angel, How will I know this for certain?
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  For I am an old man, and my wife has advanced in years.
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  The Angel answered and said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands in
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  the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to
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  bring you this good news. And behold, you shall be silent
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  and unable to speak until the day when these things take
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  place, because you did not believe my words, which will be
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  fulfilled in their proper time. The people were waiting for
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  Zacharias were wondering at his delay in the temple, but when he
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  came out he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that
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  he had seen a vision in the temple, and he kept making signs
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  to them and remained mute. When the days of his priestly
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  service were ended, he went back home.
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  After these things, Elizabeth, his wife, became pregnant, and
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  she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying, This is
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  the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when he looked
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  with favor upon me to take away my disgrace among men.
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  Now in the sixth month the Angel Gabriel was sent from God to a
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  city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man
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  whose name was Joseph of the descendants of David.
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  And the virgin's name was Mary. And coming in, he said to her,
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  Greetings favoured one, the Lord is with you.
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  But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept
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  pondering what kind of salutation this was.
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  The Angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found
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  favour with God, and behold, you will conceive in your womb, and
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  bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.
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  He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High.
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  And the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
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  and he will reign over the House of Jacob Forever, and his
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  Kingdom will have no end. Mary said to the Angel, How can
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  this be since I am a virgin? The Angel answered and said to
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  her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the
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  Most High will over shadow you. And for that reason the holy
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  Child shall be called the Son of God.
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  And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a
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  son in her old age, and she who was called Baron is now in her
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  6th month. For nothing will be impossible
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  with God. And Mary said, Behold, the bond
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  slave of the Lord, may it be done to me according to your
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  word. And the Angel departed from her.
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  Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the Hill
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  Country, to a city of Judah, and entered the House of Zacharias
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  and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's
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  greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled
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  with the Holy Spirit. And she cried out with a loud
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  voice and said, Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the
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  fruit of your womb. And how has it happened to me
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  that the mother of my Lord would come to me?
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  For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
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  the baby leaped in my womb for joy.
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  And blessed is she who believed that there would be a
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  fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.
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  And Mary said, My soul exalts the Lord, and my spirit has
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  rejoiced in God my Saviour, for he has had regard for the humble
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  state of his bond Slave. For behold, from this time on,
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  all generations will count me blessed.
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  For the mighty One has done great things for me.
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  And holy is His name, and His mercy is upon generation after
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  generation toward those who fear Him.
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  He has done mighty deeds with His arm.
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  He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their
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  heart. He has brought down rulers from
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  their Thrones and has exalted those who were humble.
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  He has filled the hungry with good things and sent away the
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  rich empty handed. He has given help to Israel his
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  servant, in remembrance of His mercy, as he spoke to our
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  fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.
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  And Mary stayed with her about 3 months and then returned to her
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  home. Now the time had come for
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  Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.
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  Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had
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  displayed His great mercy toward her, and they were rejoicing
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  with her. And it happened that on the 8th
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  day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to
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  call him Zacharias after his father.
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  But his mother answered and said, No indeed, but he shall be
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  called John. And they said to her, There is
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  no one among your relatives who is called by that name.
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  And they made signs to his father as to what he wanted him
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  called. And he asked for a tablet, and
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  wrote as follows. His name is John.
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  And they were all astonished. And at once his mouth was open
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  and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God.
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  Fear came on all those living around them, and all these
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  matters were being talked about in all the Hill Country of
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  Judea. All who heard them kept them in
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  mind, saying, What then will this child turn out to be?
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  For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him, and his
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  father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,
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  saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel.
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  For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His
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  people, and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the House
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  of David His servant, as He spoke by the mouth of His holy
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  prophets from of old salvation from our enemies and from the
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  hand of all who hate us. To show mercy toward our fathers
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  and to remember His holy covenant, the oath which He
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  swore to Abraham our Father, to grant us that we, being rescued
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  from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in
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  holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
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  And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High.
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  For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways to give
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  to His people the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of
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  their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, with
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  which the sunrise from on high will visit us to shine upon
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  those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide
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  our feet into the way of peace. And the child continued to grow
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  and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts
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  until the day of his public appearance to Israel.