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## Luke 1:22-23 in Context (Verses 19–26 KJV)
 
 [19 ](/kjv/luke/1/19) And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/luke/1/20) And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/luke/1/21) And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/luke/1/22) And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/luke/1/23) And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/luke/1/24) And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
 
 [25 ](/kjv/luke/1/25) Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on *me*, to take away my reproach among men.
 
 [26 ](/kjv/luke/1/26) And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
 
[Mark 16](/kjv/mark/16) [Luke 2](/kjv/luke/2)

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