Luke 1:42

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Judg 5:24 : 24 Blessings be on Jael, more than on all women! Blessings greater than on any in the tents!
  • Luke 1:28 : 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 1:48 : 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 19:38 : 38 Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.
  • Acts 2:26-28 : 26 And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope: 27 For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction. 28 You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
  • Ps 21:6 : 6 For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.
  • Ps 72:17-19 : 17 May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name. 18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only doer of wonders. 19 Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.
  • Gen 22:18 : 18 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

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  • Luke 1:43-49
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    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 1:34-41
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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.

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

    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,

  • Luke 1:24-32
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    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.

    32He 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:

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    27And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.

    28But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

  • 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 1:13-15
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    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.

    14And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

    15For 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.

  • Matt 1:22-23
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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.

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

  • Luke 1:18-19
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    18And 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.

    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.

  • 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.

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    66And 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.

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

  • 23(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),

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

  • 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.

  • 26And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

  • 30For my eyes have seen your salvation,

  • 2And she was with child; and she gave a cry, in the pains of childbirth.

  • 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.

  • 3And 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.

  • 20Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

  • 60But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is John.