72 to perform the mercy promised to our fathers,

and to remember his holy covenant,

73 the oath which he swore to our father Abraham, 74 to grant us

that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,

might serve him without fear,

75 in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;

for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people

in the forgiveness of their sins,