Luke 1:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.

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  • Ezek 3:26 : 26 And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
  • Ezek 24:27 : 27 In that day your mouth shall be opened to him who has escaped, and you shall speak, and not be mute; and you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 He answered and said to him, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me.
  • Mark 16:14 : 14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven as they sat at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he was risen.
  • Luke 1:22 : 22 When he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he beckoned to them and remained speechless.
  • Luke 1:45 : 45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.
  • Luke 1:62-63 : 62 So they made signs to his father—what he would have him called. 63 He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, saying, His name is John. So they all marveled.
  • Rom 3:3 : 3 For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?
  • 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began;
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
  • Gen 18:10-15 : 10 And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well advanced in age, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old? 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh.
  • Exod 4:11 : 11 And the LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?
  • Num 20:12 : 12 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them."
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.
  • 2 Kgs 7:19 : 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.
  • Isa 7:9 : 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.

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  • Luke 1:21-26
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    21The people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he lingered so long in the temple.

    22When he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he beckoned to them and remained speechless.

    23As soon as the days of his service were completed, he departed to his own house.

    24After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

    25Thus the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.

    26In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

  • Luke 1:17-19
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    17He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

    18Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.

    19The angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings.

  • Luke 1:11-15
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    11An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

    12When Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

    13But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

    14You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

    15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and will drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • Luke 1:44-45
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    44For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

    45Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.

  • Luke 1:34-38
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    34Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I do not know a man?

    35The angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you. Therefore, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

    36Now, indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.

    37For with God nothing will be impossible.

    38Mary said, Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.

  • 3And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, you are barren and have no children: but you shall conceive and bear a son.

  • Luke 1:28-32
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    28The angel came to her and said, Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women.

    29When she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was.

    30The angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

    31Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and shall call His name JESUS.

    32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

  • 15And when he had spoken such words to me, I set my face toward the ground, and became speechless.

  • Luke 1:64-67
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    64Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God.

    65Then fear came on all who dwelt around them; and all these sayings were discussed throughout all the hill country of Judea.

    66All those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, What kind of child will this be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:

  • 76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

  • 26And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

  • 27In that day your mouth shall be opened to him who has escaped, and you shall speak, and not be mute; and you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

  • Luke 1:40-42
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    40Entered the house of Zacharias, and greeted Elizabeth.

    41When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

    42She spoke out with a loud voice and said, Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

  • 14And he was casting out a demon, and it was mute. And it happened when the demon had gone out, the mute spoke; and the people wondered.

  • Luke 1:7-8
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    7They had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

    8It came to pass, while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

  • 20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

  • 7But he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

  • 26And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: therefore shut up the vision; for it shall be for many days.

  • 8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

  • 22Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, before the one who had escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

  • 22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

  • 33And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things which were spoken of him.

  • 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

  • 5In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.