Nothing from nothing is nothing by Gary Rose

For about 30 years I worked in laboratories of all kinds; Quality Control, Product development, Research, Technical service and the like. I have known countless scientists and technical people. As a group, they tend to be extremely intelligent and great at math and science. Most had a very, very good memory and a few seemed to have a fantastic one. They tended to be loners, with a lack of socialization.

Now, to me, the scientific method boils down to this: 

1. Design an experiment, listing all its parameters.

2. Perform the experiment fully.

3. Draw conclusions based on observations.

4. Repeat the experiment several times until the outcome can be determined  without excessive error.

5. Draw conclusions from your experiments.

6. Write a detailed report, stating all the various conditions of your experiments, your procedure in conducting the experiment and present the data and conclusions from your work.

Creation was a long time ago. No one was there (except God, of course). The scientific method cannot be applied. Guesswork based on experiments that can be done today is our only avenue of discussion and yet the scientific community speaks to the "fact" of the "big bang" as if it were absolute truth. I find this ridiculous!!!

The atheist denies that God exists. He has no facts, therefore cannot draw conclusions. His beliefs about the origins of the world are in itself a RELIGION.

Consider the following...

Romans, Chapter 1 (WEB)

  ¹³ Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.  ¹⁴ I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.  ¹⁵ So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.  ¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.  ¹⁷ For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.” ¹⁸ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,  ¹⁹ because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.  ²⁰ For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.  ²¹ Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened. (Emp. added, vss 18-21)

  ²² Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,  ²³ and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things.  ²⁴ Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves;  ²⁵ who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 

Psalm 14 (WEB)

 ¹ The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” 
They are corrupt. 
They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.

Things just don't "happen". Something doesn't come from nothing. There is design in everything, therefore there must be a designer. God is that being; accept it or be foolish. Frankly, I see no other options.

Even after all this- there is good news!!! Jesus can forgive even the foolish!!!

Bible Reading March 29 by Gary Rose

Bible Reading March 29 (World English Bible)

Mar. 29

Leviticus 13, 14

Lev 13:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Lev 13:2 "When a man shall have a rising in his body's skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons, the priests:

Lev 13:3 and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the body's skin, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean.

Lev 13:4 If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn't turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.

Lev 13:5 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and, behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.

Lev 13:6 The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day; and behold, if the plague has faded, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

Lev 13:7 But if the scab spreads on the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again.

Lev 13:8 The priest shall examine him; and behold, if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.

Lev 13:9 "When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest;

Lev 13:10 and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the rising,

Lev 13:11 it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not isolate him, for he is unclean.

Lev 13:12 "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;

Lev 13:13 then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean of the plague. It has all turned white: he is clean.

Lev 13:14 But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.

Lev 13:15 The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.

Lev 13:16 Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;

Lev 13:17 and the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the plague has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague. He is clean.

Lev 13:18 "When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,

Lev 13:19 and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest;

Lev 13:20 and the priest shall examine it; and behold, if its appearance is lower than the skin, and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. It has broken out in the boil.

Lev 13:21 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there are no white hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.

Lev 13:22 If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.

Lev 13:23 But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread, it is the scar from the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

Lev 13:24 "Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,

Lev 13:25 then the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.

Lev 13:26 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn't lower than the skin, but is faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days.

Lev 13:27 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.

Lev 13:28 If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar from the burn.

Lev 13:29 "When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,

Lev 13:30 then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.

Lev 13:31 If the priest examines the plague of itching, and behold, its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate him the person infected with itching seven days.

Lev 13:32 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,

Lev 13:33 then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch; and the priest shall shut him up who has the itch seven more days.

Lev 13:34 On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and behold, if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

Lev 13:35 But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,

Lev 13:36 then the priest shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean.

Lev 13:37 But if in his eyes the itch is arrested, and black hair has grown in it; the itch is healed, he is clean. The priest shall pronounce him clean.

Lev 13:38 "When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body, even white bright spots;

Lev 13:39 then the priest shall examine them; and behold, if the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.

Lev 13:40 "If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He is clean.

Lev 13:41 If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald. He is clean.

Lev 13:42 But if there is in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.

Lev 13:43 Then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,

Lev 13:44 he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean. His plague is on his head.

Lev 13:45 "The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!'

Lev 13:46 All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside of the camp shall be his dwelling.

Lev 13:47 "The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment;

Lev 13:48 whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;

Lev 13:49 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.

Lev 13:50 The priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the plague seven days.

Lev 13:51 He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean.

Lev 13:52 He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is: for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.

Lev 13:53 "If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn't spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin;

Lev 13:54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the plague is, and he shall isolate it seven more days.

Lev 13:55 Then the priest shall examine it, after the plague is washed; and behold, if the plague hasn't changed its color, and the plague hasn't spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire. It is a mildewed spot, whether the bareness is inside or outside.

Lev 13:56 If the priest looks, and behold, the plague has faded after it is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:

Lev 13:57 and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire that in which the plague is.

Lev 13:58 The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and it will be clean."

Lev 13:59 This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

Lev 14:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Lev 14:2 "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,

Lev 14:3 and the priest shall go forth out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,

Lev 14:4 then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

Lev 14:5 The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

Lev 14:6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.

Lev 14:7 He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.

Lev 14:8 "He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.

Lev 14:9 It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body in water, then he shall be clean.

Lev 14:10 "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

Lev 14:11 The priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Lev 14:12 "The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.

Lev 14:13 He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy.

Lev 14:14 The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

Lev 14:15 The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

Lev 14:16 The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh.

Lev 14:17 The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.

Lev 14:18 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh.

Lev 14:19 "The priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering;

Lev 14:20 and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal offering on the altar. The priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

Lev 14:21 "If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

Lev 14:22 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.

Lev 14:23 "On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh.

Lev 14:24 The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.

Lev 14:25 He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

Lev 14:26 The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand;

Lev 14:27 and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh.

Lev 14:28 Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.

Lev 14:29 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Yahweh.

Lev 14:30 He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to afford,

Lev 14:31 even such as he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering. The priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Yahweh."

Lev 14:32 This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.

Lev 14:33 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Lev 14:34 "When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in the land of your possession,

Lev 14:35 then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'

Lev 14:36 The priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

Lev 14:37 He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall;

Lev 14:38 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.

Lev 14:39 The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,

Lev 14:40 then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city:

Lev 14:41 and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place.

Lev 14:42 They shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.

Lev 14:43 "If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it was plastered;

Lev 14:44 then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house. It is unclean.

Lev 14:45 He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house's mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.

Lev 14:46 "Moreover he who goes into the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening.

Lev 14:47 He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

Lev 14:48 "If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold, the plague hasn't spread in the house, after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

Lev 14:49 To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

Lev 14:50 He shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

Lev 14:51 He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

Lev 14:52 He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

Lev 14:53 but he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean."

Lev 14:54 This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch,

Lev 14:55 and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house,

Lev 14:56 and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;

Lev 14:57 to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.

Mar. 29, 30

Luke 1

Luk 1:1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

Luk 1:2 even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

Luk 1:3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

Luk 1:4 that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

Luk 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Luk 1:6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Luk 1:7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

Luk 1:8 Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,

Luk 1:9 according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

Luk 1:10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

Luk 1:11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

Luk 1:12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

Luk 1:13 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Luk 1:14 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

Luk 1:15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Luk 1:16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.

Luk 1:17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, '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."

Luk 1:18 Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

Luk 1:19 The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

Luk 1:20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."

Luk 1:21 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

Luk 1:22 When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.

Luk 1:23 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

Luk 1:24 After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

Luk 1:25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

Luk 1:26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

Luk 1:27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

Luk 1:28 Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"

Luk 1:29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

Luk 1:30 The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

Luk 1:31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.'

Luk 1:32 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,

Luk 1:33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."

Luk 1:34 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"

Luk 1:35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Luk 1:36 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

Luk 1:37 For everything spoken by God is possible."

Luk 1:38 Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.

Luk 1:39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

Luk 1:40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

Luk 1:41 It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Luk 1:42 She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

Luk 1:43 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Luk 1:44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

Luk 1:45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!"

Luk 1:46 Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.

Luk 1:47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

Luk 1:48 for he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

Luk 1:49 For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

Luk 1:50 His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

Luk 1:51 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Luk 1:52 He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.

Luk 1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

Luk 1:54 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

Luk 1:55 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever."

Luk 1:56 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

Luk 1:57 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

Luk 1:58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

Luk 1:59 It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

Luk 1:60 His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

Luk 1:61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."

Luk 1:62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

Luk 1:63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." They all marveled.

Luk 1:64 His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

Luk 1:65 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.

Luk 1:66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

Luk 1:67 His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

Luk 1:68 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people;

Luk 1:69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

Luk 1:70 (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

Luk 1:71 salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;

Luk 1:72 to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

Luk 1:73 the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,

Luk 1:74 to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,

Luk 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

Luk 1:76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways,

Luk 1:77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

Luk 1:78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

Luk 1:79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."

Luk 1:80 The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.