Luke 1:31

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.”

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BSBPD

“Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 1:31 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 23:25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
  2. Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
  3. Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
  4. Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
  5. Matthew 1:25But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
  6. Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
  7. Luke 1:27to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
  8. Luke 2:21When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
  9. Luke 20:44Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”
  10. Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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