Luke 1:42

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

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  • Judg 5:24 : 24 The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.
  • Luke 1:28 : 28 The angel came to her and said,“Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”
  • Luke 1:48 : 48 because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,
  • Luke 19:38 : 38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
  • Acts 2:26-28 : 26 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope, 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Ps 21:6 : 6 For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.
  • Ps 72:17-19 : 17 May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God! 18 The LORD God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! He alone accomplishes amazing things! 19 His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree!
  • Gen 22:18 : 18 Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

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  • Luke 1:43-49
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    43 And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

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

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

    46 Mary’s Hymn of Praise And Mary said,“My soul exalts the Lord,

    47 and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior,

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

    49 because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name;

  • Luke 1:34-41
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    34 Mary said to the angel,“How will this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?”

    35 The 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!

    37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”

    38 So Mary said,“Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

    39 Mary and Elizabeth In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

    40 and entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.

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

  • Luke 1:24-32
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    24 After 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.”

    26 Birth 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,

    27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.

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

    29 But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.

    30 So the angel said to her,“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God!

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

    32 He 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.

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    27 As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him,“Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!”

    28 But he replied,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

  • Luke 1:56-58
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    56 So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then returned to her home.

    57 The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

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

  • Luke 1:13-15
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    13 But 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.

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

    15 for 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.

  • Matt 1:22-23
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    22 This 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.”

  • 28 Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,

  • Luke 1:18-19
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    18 Zechariah said to the angel,“How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”

    19 The 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.

  • 38 At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

  • Luke 1:66-67
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    66 All 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.

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

  • 23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord,“Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),

  • 33 So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

  • 5 Birth 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.

  • 26 She said,“My lord. Just as surely as you are alive, my lord, I am the woman who previously stood here with you in order to pray to the LORD.

  • 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation

  • 2 She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.

  • 18 The Birth of Jesus Christ Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

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

  • 20 So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

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