Luke 1:48
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.”
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“For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 1:48 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 30:13Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
- 1 Samuel 1:11And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
- 2 Samuel 7:8Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
- 2 Samuel 7:18Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
- Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
- Psalms 113:7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- Psalms 136:23He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
- Malachi 3:12“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Luke 1:28The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
- Luke 1:42In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
- Luke 11:27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
- 1 Corinthians 1:26Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
- James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
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