Luke 1:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

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  • Ezek 3:26 : 26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.
  • Ezek 24:27 : 27 In that day your mouth will be open to him who has got away safe, and you will say words to him and your lips will no longer be shut: so you will be a sign to them and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.
  • Mark 16:14 : 14 And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.
  • Luke 1:22 : 22 And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.
  • Luke 1:45 : 45 Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.
  • Luke 1:62-63 : 62 And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him. 63 And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.
  • Rom 3:3 : 3 And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?
  • 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
  • Gen 18:10-15 : 10 And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth. 12 And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old? 13 And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child? 14 Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child. 15 Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.
  • Exod 4:11 : 11 And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
  • Num 20:12 : 12 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy before the children of Israel, you will not take this people into the land which I have given them.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
  • 2 Kgs 7:19 : 19 And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
  • Isa 7:9 : 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not have faith, your kingdom will be broken.

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  • Luke 1:21-26
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    21 And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

    22 And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

    23 And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

    24 After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

    25 The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

    26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,

  • Luke 1:17-19
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    17 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.

    18 And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

    19 And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

  • Luke 1:11-15
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    11 And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.

    12 And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.

    13 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 And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

    15 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.

  • Luke 1:44-45
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    44 For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

    45 Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

  • Luke 1:34-38
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    34 And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

    35 And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

    36 Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

    37 For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

    38 And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.

  • Judg 13:3
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    3 And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.

  • Luke 1:28-32
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    28 And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

    29 But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?

    30 And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

    31 And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

    32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

  • Dan 10:15
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    15 And after he had said these words to me, I kept my face turned to the earth and was unable to say anything.

  • Luke 1:64-67
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    64 And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

    65 And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

    66 And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67 And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

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    76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

  • Ezek 3:26
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    26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.

  • Ezek 24:27
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    27 In that day your mouth will be open to him who has got away safe, and you will say words to him and your lips will no longer be shut: so you will be a sign to them and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

  • Luke 1:40-42
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    40 And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.

    41 And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

    42 And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

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    14 And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.

  • Luke 1:7-8
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    7 And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

    8 Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

  • Matt 1:20
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    20 But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

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    7 But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.

  • Dan 8:26
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    26 And the vision of evenings and mornings which has been talked of is true: and keep the vision secret; for it has to do with the far-off future.

  • Exod 4:8
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    8 And if they do not have faith in you or give ear to the voice of the first sign, they will have faith in the second sign.

  • Ezek 33:22
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    22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me in the evening, before the man who had got away came to me; and he made my mouth open, ready for his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was open and I was no longer without voice.

  • Matt 1:22
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    22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

  • Luke 2:33
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    33 And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.

  • Hab 2:3
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    3 For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

  • Luke 1:5
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    5 In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.