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#10: The Birth Of John The Baptist Foretold<\/strong> 5<\/small><\/span> There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.<\/p> 6<\/small><\/span> They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.<\/p> 7<\/small><\/span> But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.<\/p> 8<\/small><\/span> Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,<\/p> 9<\/small><\/span> according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.<\/p> 10<\/small><\/span> The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.<\/p> 11<\/small><\/span> An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.<\/p> 12<\/small><\/span> Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell on him.<\/p> 13<\/small><\/span> But the angel said to him, \"Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.<\/p> 14<\/small><\/span> You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.<\/p> 15<\/small><\/span> For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.<\/p> 16<\/small><\/span> He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.<\/p> 17<\/small><\/span> He will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.\"<\/p> 18<\/small><\/span> Zacharias said to the angel, \"How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.\"<\/p> 19<\/small><\/span> The angel answered him, \"I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.<\/p> 20<\/small><\/span> Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.\"<\/p> 21<\/small><\/span> The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled while he delayed in the temple.<\/p> 22<\/small><\/span> When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.<\/p> 23<\/small><\/span> It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.<\/p> 24<\/small><\/span> After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,<\/p> 25<\/small><\/span> \"Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.\"<\/p><\/div>\n Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n 26<\/small><\/span> Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,<\/p> 27<\/small><\/span> to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.<\/p> 28<\/small><\/span> Having come in to her, the angel said, \"Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!\"<\/p> 29<\/small><\/span> But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.<\/p> 30<\/small><\/span> The angel said to her, \"Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.<\/p> 31<\/small><\/span> Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name JESUS.<\/p> 32<\/small><\/span> He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give to him the throne of his father, David,<\/p> 33<\/small><\/span> and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end of his kingdom.\"<\/p> 34<\/small><\/span> Mary said to the angel, \"How will this be, seeing I am a virgin?\"<\/p> 35<\/small><\/span> The angel answered her, \"The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one which is born from you will be called the Son of God.<\/p> 36<\/small><\/span> Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.<\/p> 37<\/small><\/span> For no word from God will be void of power.\"<\/p> 38<\/small><\/span> Mary said, \"Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word.\" The angel departed from her.<\/p><\/div>\n Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n 18<\/small><\/span> Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; because when his mother, Mary, had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.<\/p> 19<\/small><\/span> Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.<\/p> 20<\/small><\/span> But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, \"Joseph, you son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.<\/p> 21<\/small><\/span> She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name JESUS, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.\"<\/p> 22<\/small><\/span> Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,<\/p> 23<\/small><\/span> \"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;\" which is, being interpreted, \"God with us.\"<\/p> 24<\/small><\/span> Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;<\/p> 25<\/small><\/span> and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him JESUS.<\/p><\/div>\n Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n 57<\/small><\/span> Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.\r\n<\/p> 58<\/small><\/span> Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.\r\n<\/p> 59<\/small><\/span> It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.\r\n<\/p> 60<\/small><\/span> His mother answered, \"Not so; but he will be called John.\"\r\n<\/p> 61<\/small><\/span> They said to her, \"There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.\"\r\n<\/p> 62<\/small><\/span> They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.\r\n<\/p> 63<\/small><\/span> He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, \"His name is John.\" They all marveled.\r\n<\/p> 64<\/small><\/span> His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.\r\n<\/p> 65<\/small><\/span> Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.\r\n<\/p> 66<\/small><\/span> All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, \"What then will this child be?\" The hand of the Lord was with him.\r\n<\/p> 67<\/small><\/span> His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,\r\n<\/p> 68<\/small><\/span> \"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people;\r\n<\/p> 69<\/small><\/span> and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David\r\n<\/p> 70<\/small><\/span> (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),\r\n<\/p> 71<\/small><\/span> salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;\r\n<\/p> 72<\/small><\/span> to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,\r\n<\/p> 73<\/small><\/span> the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,\r\n<\/p> 74<\/small><\/span> to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,\r\n<\/p> 75<\/small><\/span> In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.\r\n<\/p> 76<\/small><\/span> And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,\r\n<\/p> 77<\/small><\/span> to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,\r\n<\/p> 78<\/small><\/span> because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,\r\n<\/p> 79<\/small><\/span> to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.\"\r\n<\/p> 80<\/small><\/span> The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n Luke 2:1-5\u00a0<\/em> 1<\/small><\/span> Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.\r\n<\/p> 2<\/small><\/span> This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.\r\n<\/p> 3<\/small><\/span> All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.\r\n<\/p> 4<\/small><\/span> Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;\r\n<\/p> 5<\/small><\/span> to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n [wp_ad_camp_1]<\/p>\n Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n The story of Jesus\u2019 birth includes some additional noteworthy detail we just didn\u2019t have room in our inn to include. For example, Matthew traces Jesus\u2019 ancestry back to Abraham, even including a prostitute, a woman who committed adultery and another who wasn\u2019t Jewish, showing there is room in God\u2019s kingdom for all who believe. Check out these great side stories that help complete the picture of the early years of Jesus.<\/p>\n Matthew 1:1-17<\/em> 1<\/small><\/span> The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.\r\n<\/p> 2<\/small><\/span> Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.\r\n<\/p> 3<\/small><\/span> Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.\r\n<\/p> 4<\/small><\/span> Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.\r\n<\/p> 5<\/small><\/span> Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.\r\n<\/p> 6<\/small><\/span> Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.\r\n<\/p> 7<\/small><\/span> Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.\r\n<\/p> 8<\/small><\/span> Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.\r\n<\/p> 9<\/small><\/span> Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.\r\n<\/p> 10<\/small><\/span> Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.\r\n<\/p> 11<\/small><\/span> Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon.\r\n<\/p> 12<\/small><\/span> After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.\r\n<\/p> 13<\/small><\/span> Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.\r\n<\/p> 14<\/small><\/span> Azor became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.\r\n<\/p> 15<\/small><\/span> Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.\r\n<\/p> 16<\/small><\/span> Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.\r\n<\/p> 17<\/small><\/span> So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n Mary Visits Her Cousin Elizabeth<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Luke 1:39-45<\/em> 39<\/small><\/span> Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,\r\n<\/p> 40<\/small><\/span> and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.\r\n<\/p> 41<\/small><\/span> It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.\r\n<\/p> 42<\/small><\/span> She called out with a loud voice, and said, \"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!\r\n<\/p> 43<\/small><\/span> Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?\r\n<\/p> 44<\/small><\/span> For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!\r\n<\/p> 45<\/small><\/span> Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!\"\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n Joseph\u2019s Dream To Escape To Egypt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Matthew 2:13-18<\/em> 13<\/small><\/span> Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, \"Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.\"\r\n<\/p> 14<\/small><\/span> He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,\r\n<\/p> 15<\/small><\/span> and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, \"Out of Egypt I called my son.\"\r\n<\/p> 16<\/small><\/span> Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.\r\n<\/p> 17<\/small><\/span> Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,\r\n<\/p>
\nLuke 1:5-25\u00a0<\/em>Chapter 1<\/h4>
\n#9: An Angel Appears To Mary<\/strong>
\nLuke1:26-38\u00a0<\/em>Chapter 1<\/h4>
\n#8: Joseph Accepts Jesus As His Son<\/strong>
\nMatthew 1:18-25\u00a0<\/em>Chapter 1<\/h4>
\n#7: John The Baptist Is Born<\/strong>
\nLuke 1:57-80\u00a0<\/em>Chapter 1<\/h4>
\n#6: Joseph Takes Mary To Bethlehem<\/strong><\/p>\nChapter 2<\/h4>
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The Genealogy Of Jesus<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nChapter 1<\/h4>
Chapter 1<\/h4>
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