Luke 1:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Luke 1:12 : 12 And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.
  • Acts 10:4 : 4 And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.
  • Acts 10:17 : 17 Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,
  • Luke 1:66 : 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.
  • Luke 2:19 : 19 But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.
  • Judg 6:13-15 : 13 Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us over to the power of Midian. 14 And the Lord, turning to him, said, Go in the strength you have and be Israel's saviour from Midian: have I not sent you? 15 And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
  • 1 Sam 9:20-21 : 20 As for your asses which have been wandering for three days, give no thought to them, for they have come back. And for whom are all the desired things in Israel? are they not for you and your father's family? 21 And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?
  • Mark 6:49-50 : 49 But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry: 50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.
  • Mark 16:5-6 : 5 And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder. 6 And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

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    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,

    27 To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

    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.

  • Luke 1:30-32
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    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:

  • Luke 1:34-49
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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.

    39 Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

    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.

    43 How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?

    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.

    46 And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;

    47 My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.

    48 For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

    49 For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.

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

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    18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

    19 And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

    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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    17 And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

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    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.

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    56 And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

    57 Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

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    13 And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,

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