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| | Luk 1:1 | Forsothe for manye men enforceden to ordeyne the tellyng of thingis, whiche ben fillid in vs,
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| | Luk 1:2 | as thei that seyn atte the bigynnyng, and weren ministris of the word,
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| | Luk 1:3 | bitaken, it is seen also to me, hauynge alle thingis diligentli bi ordre, to write to thee,
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| | Luk 1:4 | thou best Theofile, that thou knowe the treuthe of tho wordis, of whiche thou art lerned.
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| | Luk 1:5 | In the daies of Eroude, kyng of Judee, ther was a prest, Sakarie bi name, of the sorte of Abia, and his wijf was of the douytris of Aaron, and hir name was Elizabeth.
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| | Luk 1:6 | And bothe weren iust bifor God, goynge in alle the maundementis and iustifiyngis of the Lord, withouten pleynt.
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| | Luk 1:7 | And thei hadden no child, for Elizabeth was bareyn, and bothe weren of grete age in her daies.
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| | Luk 1:8 | And it bifel, that whanne Zacarie schulde do the office of preesthod, in the ordre of his cours tofor God,
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| | Luk 1:9 | aftir the custome of the preesthod, he wente forth bi lot, and entride in to the temple, to encense.
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| | Luk 1:10 | And al the multitude of the puple was with outforth, and preiede in the our of encensyng.
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| | Luk 1:11 | And an aungel of the Lord apperide to hym, and stood on the riythalf of the auter of encense.
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| | Luk 1:12 | And Zacarie seynge was afraied, and drede fel vpon hym.
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| | Luk 1:13 | And the aungel seide to hym, Zacarie, drede thou not; for thi preyer is herd, and Elizabeth, thi wijf, schal bere to thee a sone, and his name schal be clepid Joon.
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| | Luk 1:14 | And ioye and gladyng schal be to thee; and many schulen `haue ioye in his natyuyte.
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| | Luk 1:15 | For he schal be greet bifor the Lord, and he schal not drynke wyn and sidir, and he schal be fulfillid with the Hooli Goost yit of his modir wombe.
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| | Luk 1:16 | And he schal conuerte many of the children of Israel to her Lord God;
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| | Luk 1:17 | and he schal go bifor hym in the spirit and the vertu of Helie; and he schal turne the hertis of the fadris in to the sones, and men out of bileue to the prudence of iust men, to make redi a perfit puple to the Lord.
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| | Luk 1:18 | And Zacarie seide to the aungel, Wherof schal Y wite this? for Y am eld, and my wijf hath gon fer in to hir daies.
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| | Luk 1:19 | And the aungel answeride, and seide to hym, For Y am Gabriel, that stonde niy bifor God; and Y am sent to thee to speke, and to euangelize to thee these thingis.
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| | Luk 1:20 | And lo! thou schalt be doumbe, and thou schalt not mow speke til in to the dai, in which these thingis schulen be don; for thou hast not bileued to my wordis, whiche schulen be fulfillid in her tyme.
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| | Luk 1:21 | And the puple was abidynge Zacarie, and thei wondriden, that he tariede in the temple.
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| | Luk 1:22 | And he yede out, and myyte not speke to hem, and thei knewen that he hadde seyn a visioun in the temple. And he bikenyde to hem, and he dwellide stille doumbe.
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| | Luk 1:23 | And it was don, whanne the daies of his office weren fulfillid, he wente in to his hous.
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| | Luk 1:24 | And aftir these daies Elizabeth, his wijf, conseyuede, and hidde hir fyue monethis, and seide,
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| | Luk 1:25 | For so the Lord dide to me in the daies, in whiche he bihelde, to take awei my repreef among men.
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| | Luk 1:26 | But in the sixte moneth the aungel Gabriel was sent fro God in to a citee of Galilee, whos name was Nazareth,
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| | Luk 1:27 | to a maidyn, weddid to a man, whos name was Joseph, of the hous of Dauid; and the name of the maidun was Marie.
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| | Luk 1:28 | And the aungel entride to hir, and seide, Heil, ful of grace; the Lord be with thee; blessid be thou among wymmen.
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| | Luk 1:29 | And whanne sche hadde herd, sche was troublid in his word, and thouyte what maner salutacioun this was.
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| | Luk 1:30 | And the aungel seide to hir, Ne drede thou not, Marie, for thou hast foundun grace anentis God.
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| | Luk 1:31 | Lo! thou schalt conceyue in wombe, and schalt bere a sone, and thou schalt clepe his name Jhesus.
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| | Luk 1:32 | This schal be greet, and he schal be clepid the sone of the Hiyeste; and the Lord God schal yeue to hym the seete of Dauid, his fadir, and he schal regne in the hous of Jacob with outen ende,
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| | Luk 1:33 | and of his rewme schal be noon ende.
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| | Luk 1:34 | And Marie seide to the aungel, On what maner schal this thing be doon, for Y knowe not man?
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| | Luk 1:35 | And the aungel answeride, and seide to hir, The Hooly Goost schal come fro aboue in to thee, and the vertu of the Hiyeste schal ouerschadewe thee; and therfor that hooli thing that schal be borun of thee, schal be clepid the sone of God.
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| | Luk 1:36 | And lo! Elizabeth, thi cosyn, and sche also hath conceyued a sone in hir eelde, and this moneth is the sixte to hir that is clepid bareyn;
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| | Luk 1:37 | for euery word schal not be inpossible anentis God.
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| | Luk 1:38 | And Marie seide, Lo! the handmaydyn of the Lord; be it don to me aftir thi word. And the aungel departide fro hir.
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| | Luk 1:39 | And Marie roos vp in tho daies, and wente with haaste in to the mounteyns, in to a citee of Judee.
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| | Luk 1:40 | And sche entride in to the hous of Zacarie, and grette Elizabeth.
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| | Luk 1:41 | And it was don, as Elizabeth herde the salutacioun of Marie, the yong child in hir wombe gladide. And Elizabeth was fulfillid with the Hooli Goost,
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| | Luk 1:42 | and criede with a greet vois, and seide, Blessid be thou among wymmen, and blessid be the fruyt of thi wombe.
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| | Luk 1:43 | And whereof is this thing to me, that the modir of my Lord come to me?
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| | Luk 1:44 | For lo! as the voice of thi salutacioun was maad in myn eeris, the yong child gladide in ioye in my wombe.
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| | Luk 1:45 | And blessid be thou, that hast bileued, for thilke thingis that ben seid of the Lord to thee, schulen be parfitli don.
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| | Luk 1:46 | And Marie seide, Mi soule magnyfieth the Lord,
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| | Luk 1:47 | and my spirit hath gladid in God, myn helthe.
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| | Luk 1:48 | For he hath biholdun the mekenesse of his handmaidun.
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| | Luk 1:49 | For lo! of this alle generaciouns schulen seie that Y am blessid. For he that is myyti hath don to me grete thingis, and his name is hooli.
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| | Luk 1:50 | And his mercy is fro kynrede in to kynredes, to men that dreden hym.
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| | Luk 1:51 | He made myyt in his arme, he scaterede proude men with the thouyte of his herte.
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| | Luk 1:52 | He sette doun myyti men fro sete, and enhaunside meke men.
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| | Luk 1:53 | He hath fulfillid hungri men with goodis, and he hath left riche men voide.
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| | Luk 1:54 | He, hauynge mynde of his mercy, took Israel, his child;
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| | Luk 1:55 | as he hath spokun to oure fadris, to Abraham and to his seed, in to worldis.
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| | Luk 1:56 | And Marie dwellide with hir, as it were thre monethis, and turnede ayen in to hir hous.
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| | Luk 1:57 | But the tyme of beryng child was fulfillid to Elizabeth, and sche bare a sone.
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| | Luk 1:58 | And the neiyboris and cosyns of hir herden, that the Lord hadde magnyfied his mercy with hir; and thei thankiden hym.
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| | Luk 1:59 | And it was don in the eiyte dai, thei camen to circumcide the child; and thei clepiden hym Zacarie, bi the name of his fadir.
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| | Luk 1:60 | And his moder answeride, and seide, Nay, but he schal be clepid Joon.
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| | Luk 1:61 | And thei seiden to hir, For no man is in thi kynrede, that is clepid this name.
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| | Luk 1:62 | And thei bikeneden to his fadir, what he wolde that he were clepid.
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| | Luk 1:63 | And he axynge a poyntil, wroot, seiynge, Joon is his name.
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| | Luk 1:64 | And alle men wondriden. And anoon his mouth was openyd, and his tunge, and he spak, and blesside God.
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| | Luk 1:65 | And drede was maad on alle her neiyboris, and alle these wordis weren pupplischid on alle the mounteyns of Judee.
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| | Luk 1:66 | And alle men that herden puttiden in her herte, and seiden, What maner child schal this be? For the hoond of the Lord was with hym.
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| | Luk 1:67 | And Zacarie, his fadir, was fulfillid with the Hooli Goost, and prophesiede,
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| | Luk 1:68 | and seide, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visitid, and maad redempcioun of his puple.
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| | Luk 1:69 | And he hath rerid to vs an horn of heelthe in the hous of Dauid, his child.
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| | Luk 1:70 | As he spak bi the mouth of hise hooli prophetis, that weren fro the world.
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| | Luk 1:71 | Helthe fro oure enemyes, and fro the hoond of alle men that hatiden vs.
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| | Luk 1:72 | To do merci with oure fadris, and to haue mynde of his hooli testament.
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| | Luk 1:73 | The greet ooth that he swoor to Abraham, oure fadir, to yyue hym silf to vs.
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| | Luk 1:74 | That we with out drede delyuered fro the hoond of oure enemyes,
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| | Luk 1:75 | serue to hym, in hoolynesse and riytwisnesse bifor hym in alle oure daies.
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| | Luk 1:76 | And thou, child, schalt be clepid the prophete of the Hiyest; for thou schalt go bifor the face of the Lord, to make redi hise weies.
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| | Luk 1:77 | To yyue scyence of helthe to his puple, in to remyssioun of her synnes;
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| | Luk 1:78 | bi the inwardnesse of the merci of oure God, in the whiche he spryngynge vp fro an hiy hath visitid vs.
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| | Luk 1:79 | To yyue liyt to hem that sitten in derknessis and in schadewe of deeth; to dresse oure feet in to the weie of pees.
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| | Luk 1:80 | And the child wexide, and was coumfortid in spirit, and was in desert placis `til to the dai of his schewing to Israel.
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