From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for October 23   
      
   Luke Chapter 1   
      
   1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a   
   declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,   
      
   2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were   
   eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;   
      
   3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all   
   things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent   
   Theophilus,   
      
   4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou   
   hast been instructed.   
      
   5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest   
   named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the   
   daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.   
      
   6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the   
   commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.   
      
   7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they   
   both were now well stricken in years.   
      
   8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before   
   God in the order of his course,   
      
   9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn   
   incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.   
      
   10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the   
   time of incense.   
      
   11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the   
   right side of the altar of incense.   
      
   12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.   
      
   13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is   
   heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call   
   his name John.   
      
   14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his   
   birth.   
      
   15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink   
   neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy   
   Ghost, even from his mother's womb.   
      
   16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.   
      
   17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, 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.   
      
   18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I   
   am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.   
      
   19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in   
   the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee   
   these glad tidings.   
      
   20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day   
   that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my   
   words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.   
      
   21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so   
   long in the temple.   
      
   22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they   
   perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto   
   them, and remained speechless.   
      
   23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration   
   were accomplished, he departed to his own house.   
      
   24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself   
   five months, saying,   
      
   25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me,   
   to take away my reproach among men.   
      
   26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a   
   city of Galilee, named Nazareth,   
      
   27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of   
   David; and the virgin's name was Mary.   
      
   28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly   
   favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.   
      
   29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her   
   mind what manner of salutation this should be.   
      
   30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found   
   favour with God.   
      
   31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son,   
   and shalt call his name JESUS.   
      
   32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and   
   the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:   
      
   33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his   
   kingdom there shall be no end.   
      
   34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a   
   man?   
      
   35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come   
   upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore   
   also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son   
   of God.   
      
   36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in   
   her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.   
      
   37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.   
      
   38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me   
   according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.   
      
   39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with   
   haste, into a city of Juda;   
      
   40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.   
      
   41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of   
   Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the   
   Holy Ghost:   
      
   42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among   
   women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.   
      
   43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?   
      
   44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears,   
   the babe leaped in my womb for joy.   
      
   45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of   
   those things which were told her from the Lord.   
      
   46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,   
      
   47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.   
      
   48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold,   
   from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.   
      
   49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.   
      
   50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.   
      
   51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in   
   the imagination of their hearts.   
      
   52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low   
   degree.   
      
   53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent   
   empty away.   
      
   54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;   
      
   55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.   
      
   56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own   
   house.   
      
   57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she   
   brought forth a son.   
      
   58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed   
   great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.   
      
   59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise   
   the child; and they 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.   
      
      
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