Luke 1:66

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Acts 11:21 : 21 And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.
  • 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.
  • Gen 39:2 : 2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.
  • Judg 13:24-25 : 24 So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him. 25 And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 16:18 : 18 Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.
  • 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.
  • Ps 80:17 : 17 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
  • Ps 89:21 : 21 My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
  • Luke 1:80 : 80 And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.
  • Luke 9:44 : 44 Let these words go deep into your ears, for the Son of man will be given up into the hands of men.
  • Luke 2:40 : 40 And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
  • Gen 37:11 : 11 And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.

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

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    62And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.

    63And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.

    64And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

    65And 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.

  • Luke 1:12-19
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    12And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.

    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.

    16And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

    17And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

    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.

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    40And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

  • Luke 2:17-21
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    17And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

    18And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.

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

    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.

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

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    76And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

  • Luke 1:31-32
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    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:

  • Luke 1:57-60
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    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.

    59And 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;

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

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    27And 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,

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

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    80And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

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    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.

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

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    47And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.

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

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

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    23And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

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

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    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.

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    52And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

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    21And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.