^{13 Ref} But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

^{14 Ref} And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

^{15 Ref} For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

^{16 Ref} And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

^{17 Ref} And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.