Luke 1:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.

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  • Luke 1:41-48
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    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.

  • Luke 1:34-39
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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;

  • Luke 1:56-59
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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.

    58 And 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.

    59 And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

  • Luke 1:5-8
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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.

    6 They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

    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,

  • Luke 1:21-31
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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,

    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.

    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.

  • 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.

  • 12 And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.

  • Luke 1:18-19
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    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 1:67-68
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    67 And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

    68 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    27 And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

    28 Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,

  • 1 And he went into Jericho, and when he was going through it,

  • 15 And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?

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

  • 38 Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

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