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13 Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
    toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,
    Galilee of the Gentiles,
16 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light;
    to those who sat in the region and shadow of death,
    to them light has dawned.”(A)

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76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
77     to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the dawn from on high will visit us,
79     to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death;
    to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

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