Luke 1:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Luke 1:65 : 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.
  • Josh 10:40 : 40 So Joshua overcame all the land, the hill-country and the South and the lowland and the mountain slopes, and all their kings; all were put to death: and every living thing he gave up to the curse, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.
  • Josh 15:48-59 : 48 And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh; 49 And Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (which is Debir); 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim; 51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven towns with their unwalled places. 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan; 53 And Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah; 54 And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places. 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah; 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah; 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten towns with their unwalled places. 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor; 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six towns with their unwalled places.
  • Josh 20:7 : 7 So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
  • Josh 21:9-9 : 9 From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name: 10 These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution. 11 They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.

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  • Luke 1:40-49
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    40And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.

    41And 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,

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

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

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

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

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

    47My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.

    48For 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.

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

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

    35And 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.

    36Even 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.

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

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

  • Luke 1:56-58
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    56And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

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

    58And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

  • Luke 1:23-31
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    23And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

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

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

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

    27To 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Luke 2:3-5
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    3And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.

    4And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

    5To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.

  • Luke 2:15-16
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    15And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.

    16And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

  • 21And he got up, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

  • 5In 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.

  • 29And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.

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    38And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.

    39And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.

  • 31Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

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

    23See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.

    24And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife;

    25And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

  • 18Now 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.

  • 14So he took the young child and his mother by night, and went into Egypt;

  • 19But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.

  • 20But 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.

  • 20When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.

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

  • 19And 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.

  • 13But 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.