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The Book of Luke, Chapter 1, Verse 72

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That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
King James Version
To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
American Standard Version
To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
New English Translation
And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.
World English Bible
to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
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The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
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That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
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In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
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And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
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To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
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Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
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To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
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And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
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([And] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)