Luke 1:58

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Ps 113:9 : 9 He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.
  • Luke 1:14 : 14 And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.
  • Luke 1:25 : 25 The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.
  • 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.
  • Isa 66:9-9 : 9 Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God. 10 Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her:
  • Gen 19:19 : 19 See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;
  • Gen 21:6 : 6 And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.
  • Ruth 4:14-17 : 14 And the women said to Naomi, A blessing on the Lord, who has not let you be this day without a near relation, and may his name be great in Israel. 15 He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him. 16 And Naomi took the child and put her arms round it, and she took care of it. 17 And the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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    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.

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    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;

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