Verse 42
Luke 1:42
Bible in Basic English
42
And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ ἀνεφώνησεν ⸀κραυγῇ μεγάλῃ καὶ εἶπεν· Εὐλογημένη σὺ ἐν γυναιξίν, καὶ εὐλογημένος ὁ καρπὸς τῆς κοιλίας σου.
English Translation
And she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
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Chapter 1 Context
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As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which too...
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As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,
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It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their...
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So that you might have certain knowledge of those things about which you were given teaching.
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In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of...
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They were upright in the eyes of God (Elohim), keeping all the rules and orders of God (Elohim), and...
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And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time...
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Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God (Elohim),
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And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.
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And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.
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And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.
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And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.
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But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God (Elohim), a...
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And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.
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For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be...
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And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God (Elohim...
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And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to t...
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And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is f...
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And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God (Elohim); I have been sent t...
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Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because y...
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And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a...
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And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the...
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And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.
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After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's e...
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The 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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Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God (Elohim) to a town in Galilee, named Naza...
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To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the...
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And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the...
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But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these wor...
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And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God (Elohim)'s approval.
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And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Yashua (Jesus).
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He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God (Elohim) will give hi...
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He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
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And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?
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And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most Hig...
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Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the six...
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For there is nothing which God (Elohim) is not able to do.
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And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.
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Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;
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And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.
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And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; th...
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And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of y...
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How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?
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For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for...
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Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.
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And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God (Elohim);
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My spirit is glad in God (Elohim) my Saviour.
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For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all...
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For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.
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His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.
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With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.
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He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.
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Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in th...
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His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and...
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As he gave his word to our fathers.
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And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.
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Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.
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And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and...
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And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given h...
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But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is John.
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And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.
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And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.
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And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.
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And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God (Elohim).
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And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these...
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And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the han...
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And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these w...
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Praise be to the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,
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Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
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(As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)
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Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us;
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To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,
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The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,
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That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,
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In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.
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And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord,...
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To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,
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Because of the loving mercies of our God (Elohim), by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
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To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided int...
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And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day wh...
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