Luke 1:57–66

John the Baptist Is Born

⁵⁷Now the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth to ¹give birth, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸And her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had ^amagnified His great mercy toward her, and they were rejoicing with her.

⁵⁹And it happened that on ^athe eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zechariah, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰But his mother answered and said, “No, but ^ahe shall be called John.”

⁶¹And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

⁶²And they ^awere making signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called.

⁶³And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “^aHis name is John.” And they all marveled.

^64aAnd at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak, blessing God.

⁶⁵And fear came on all those living around them, and all these matters were being talked about in all ^athe hill country of Judea.

⁶⁶And all who heard these things put them in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” For ^athe hand of the ¹Lord was indeed with him.