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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Luke 1
⁵⁶ And Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her home.
⁵⁷ Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.
⁵⁸ Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her.
⁵⁹ And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.
⁶⁰ But his mother answered and said, "No indeed; but he shall be called John."
⁶¹ And they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name."
⁶² And they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called.
⁶³ And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." And they were all astonished.
⁶⁴ And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God.
⁶⁵ Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea.
⁶⁶ All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, "What then will this child turn out to be?" For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him.