56. Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her own house.
57. Now Elizabeth’s time had come to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.
58. Her neighbors and cousins heard how the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they were calling him Zechariah, after the name of his father.
60. But his mother answered, “Not so! He shall be called John.”
61. They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
62. They made signs to his father, asking what he would have him called.