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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">In the sixth month of Elizabeth&#8217;s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin&#8217;s name was Mary. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The angel went to her and said, &#8220;Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.1.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But the angel said to her, &#8220;Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">and he will reign over Jacob&#8217;s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.1.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;How will this be,&#8221; Mary asked the angel, &#8220;since I am a virgin?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.1.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The angel answered, &#8220;The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:35 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">So the child to be born will be called holy,</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Son of God. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">For no word from God will ever fail.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.1.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the Lord&#8217;s servant,&#8221; Mary answered. &#8220;May your word to me be fulfilled.&#8221; Then the angel left her.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Mary Visits Elizabeth</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.1.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">where she entered Zechariah&#8217;s home and greeted Elizabeth. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">When Elizabeth heard Mary&#8217;s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">In a loud voice she exclaimed: &#8220;Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Mary&#8217;s Song</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.1.45"></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">And Mary said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.1.46"><span class="content">&#8220;My soul glorifies the Lord</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.1.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.1.47"></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">for he has been mindful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="content">of the humble state of his servant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="content">From now on all generations will call me blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">for the Mighty One has done great things for me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.1.49"><span class="content">holy is his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.1.49"></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">His mercy extends to those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.1.50"><span class="content">from generation to generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.1.50"></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.1.51"><span class="content">he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.1.51"></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.1.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">He has brought down rulers from their thrones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.1.52"><span class="content">but has lifted up the humble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.1.52"></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.1.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">He has filled the hungry with good things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.1.53"><span class="content">but has sent the rich away empty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.1.53"></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.1.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">He has helped his servant Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.1.54"><span class="content">remembering to be merciful</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.1.54"></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.1.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">to Abraham and his descendants forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.1.55"><span class="content">just as he promised our ancestors.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.1.55"></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.1.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Birth of John the Baptist</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.1.56"></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="LUK.1.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.1.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.1.58"></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="LUK.1.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, </span></span><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.1.60"><span class="label">60</span><span class="content">but his mother spoke up and said, &#8220;No! He is to be called John.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.1.60"></span><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.1.61"><span class="label">61</span><span class="content">They said to her, &#8220;There is no one among your relatives who has that name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.1.61"></span><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="LUK.1.62"><span class="label">62</span><span class="content">Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. </span></span><span class="verse v63" data-usfm="LUK.1.63"><span class="label">63</span><span class="content">He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone&#8217;s astonishment he wrote, &#8220;His name is John.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v64" data-usfm="LUK.1.64"><span class="label">64</span><span class="content">Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. </span></span><span class="verse v65" data-usfm="LUK.1.65"><span class="label">65</span><span class="content">All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. </span></span><span class="verse v66" data-usfm="LUK.1.66"><span class="label">66</span><span class="content">Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, &#8220;What then is this child going to be?&#8221; For the Lord&#8217;s hand was with him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zechariah&#8217;s Song</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v66" data-usfm="LUK.1.66"></span><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="LUK.1.67"><span class="label">67</span><span class="content">His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="LUK.1.67"></span><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="label">68</span><span class="content">&#8220;Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="content">because he has come to his people and redeemed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"></span><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="label">69</span><span class="content">He has raised up a horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:69 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes a strong king.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of salvation for us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="content">in the house of his servant David</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"></span><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.1.70"><span class="label">70</span><span class="content">(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.1.70"></span><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="label">71</span><span class="content">salvation from our enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="content">and from the hand of all who hate us&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"></span><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="label">72</span><span class="content">to show mercy to our ancestors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="content">and to remember his holy covenant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"></span><span class="verse v73" data-usfm="LUK.1.73"><span class="label">73</span><span class="content">the oath he swore to our father Abraham:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v73" data-usfm="LUK.1.73"></span><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="label">74</span><span class="content">to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="content">and to enable us to serve him without fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"></span><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="LUK.1.75"><span class="label">75</span><span class="content">in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="LUK.1.75"></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="LUK.1.75"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="LUK.1.75"></span><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="label">76</span><span class="content">And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="content">for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"></span><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="label">77</span><span class="content">to give his people the knowledge of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="content">through the forgiveness of their sins,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"></span><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="label">78</span><span class="content">because of the tender mercy of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="content">by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"></span><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="label">79</span><span class="content">to shine on those living in darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">and in the shadow of death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">to guide our feet into the path of peace.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"></span><span class="verse v80" data-usfm="LUK.1.80"><span class="label">80</span><span class="content">And the child grew and became strong in spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:80 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content">; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">(This was the first census that took place while</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">This census took place before</span></span></span><span class="content"> Quirinius was governor of Syria.) </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And everyone went to their own town to register.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.2.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the angel said to them, &#8220;Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Glory to God in the highest heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="content">and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.2.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.2.20"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Traditionally </span><span class="fqa">wise men</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the east came to Jerusalem </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and asked, &#8220;Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When he had called together all the people&#8217;s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;In Bethlehem in Judea,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;for this is what the prophet has written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.2.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.2.6"><span class="content">are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.2.6"><span class="content">for out of you will come a ruler</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.2.6"><span class="content">who will shepherd my people Israel.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="MIC.5.2">Micah 5:2</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="MIC.5.4">4</span></span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He sent them to Bethlehem and said, &#8220;Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.</span></span></div>
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