Luke 1:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:58 : 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
  • Gen 21:6 : 6 Sarah said,“God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.
  • Prov 23:15 : 15 My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;
  • Prov 23:24 : 24 The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

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  • Luke 1:12-13
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    84%

    12And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.

    13But the angel said to him,“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.

  • Luke 1:15-20
    6 verses
    84%

    15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

    16He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

    17And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”

    18Zechariah said to the angel,“How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”

    19The angel answered him,“I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

    20And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place.”

  • Luke 1:40-45
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    40and entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.

    41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

    42She exclaimed with a loud voice,“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb!

    43And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

    44For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

    45And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

  • Luke 1:30-33
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    30So the angel said to her,“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God!

    31Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

    32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

    33He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.”

  • Luke 1:76
    78%

    76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

  • Luke 1:35-37
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    35The angel replied,“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.

    36“And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age– although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!

    37For nothing will be impossible with God.”

  • Luke 1:57-60
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    57The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

    58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

    59On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

    60But his mother replied,“No! He must be named John.”

  • Luke 1:66-67
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    66All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying,“What then will this child be?” For the Lord’s hand was indeed with him.

    67Zechariah’s Praise and Prediction Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,

  • Luke 1:47-48
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    47and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior,

    48because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,

  • Luke 2:10-14
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    10But the angel said to them,“Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:

    11Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.

    12This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”

    13Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

    14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”

  • Luke 1:28
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    28The angel came to her and said,“Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”

  • Luke 1:24-26
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    24After some time his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. She said,

    25“This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.”

    26Birth Announcement of Jesus the Messiah In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

  • Matt 1:21-23
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    21She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

    22This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

    23“Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”

  • Luke 1:5
    73%

    5Birth Announcement of John the Baptist During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.

  • Isa 7:14
    72%

    14For this reason the Lord himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.

  • Luke 1:62-63
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    72%

    62So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.

    63He asked for a writing tablet and wrote,“His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

  • Judg 13:3
    72%

    3The LORD’s angel appeared to the woman and said to her,“You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.

  • Prov 23:25
    71%

    25May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

  • John 16:21
    71%

    21When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

  • Luke 1:8
    71%

    8Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,