Luke 1

1Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,Cross-references: John 20:31 · Acts 1:1 · 1Tim 3:16 · 2Tim 4:17 · 2Pet 1:16Examined: The Historical Jesus →

2even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,Cross-references: Mark 1:1 · Mark 4:14 · Luke 24:48 · John 15:27 · Acts 1:3 · Acts 1:8 · +13 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

3it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;Cross-references: Ps 40:5 · Ps 50:21 · Eccl 12:9 · Luke 1:1 · Acts 1:1 · Acts 11:4 · +8 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

4that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.Cross-references: John 20:31 · Acts 18:25 · Rom 2:18 · 1Cor 14:19 · Gal 6:6 · 2Pet 1:15Examined: The Historical Jesus →

5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.Cross-references: 1Chr 24:10 · 1Chr 24:19 · Neh 12:4 · Neh 12:17 · Matt 2:1Examined: Quran & the Bible →

6They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.Cross-references: Gen 6:9 · Gen 7:1 · Gen 17:1 · 1Ki 9:4 · 2Ki 20:3 · Job 1:1 · +19 more

7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.Cross-references: Gen 15:2 · Gen 16:1 · Gen 17:17 · Gen 18:11 · Gen 25:21 · Gen 30:1 · +7 more

8Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his divisionCross-references: Ex 28:1 · Ex 28:41 · Ex 29:1 · Ex 29:9 · Ex 29:44 · Ex 30:30 · +9 more

9according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.Cross-references: Ex 30:7 · Ex 37:25 · Num 16:40 · 1Sam 2:28 · 1Chr 6:49 · 1Chr 23:13 · +3 more

10The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.Cross-references: Lev 16:17 · Heb 4:14 · Heb 9:24 · Rev 8:3

11An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.Cross-references: Ex 30:1 · Ex 37:25 · Ex 40:26 · Lev 16:13 · Judg 13:3 · Judg 13:9 · +8 more

12Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.Cross-references: Judg 6:22 · Judg 13:22 · Job 4:14 · Dan 10:7 · Mark 16:5 · Luke 1:29 · +3 more

13But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.Cross-references: Gen 17:10 · Gen 17:19 · Gen 18:14 · Gen 25:21 · Judg 6:23 · Judg 13:3 · +20 more

14You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.Cross-references: Gen 21:6 · Prov 15:20 · Prov 23:15 · Prov 23:24 · Luke 1:58

15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.Cross-references: Gen 12:2 · Gen 48:19 · Num 6:2 · Josh 3:7 · Josh 4:14 · Judg 13:4 · +13 more

16He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.Cross-references: Isa 40:3 · Isa 49:6 · Dan 12:3 · Mal 3:1 · Matt 3:1 · Matt 21:32 · +1 more

17He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”Cross-references: 1Sam 7:5 · 1Ki 17:1 · 1Ki 18:18 · 1Ki 21:20 · 2Ki 1:4 · 2Ki 1:16 · +31 more

18Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”Cross-references: Gen 15:8 · Gen 17:17 · Gen 18:12 · Num 11:21 · Judg 6:36 · 2Ki 7:2 · +4 more

19The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.Cross-references: Dan 8:16 · Dan 9:21 · Matt 18:10 · Luke 1:26 · Luke 2:10 · Heb 4:14

20Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”Cross-references: Gen 18:10 · Ex 4:11 · Num 20:12 · 2Ki 7:2 · 2Ki 7:19 · Isa 7:9 · +12 more

21The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.Cross-references: Num 6:23

22When he came out, he could not speak to them. They perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.Cross-references: Luke 1:62 · John 13:24 · Acts 12:17 · Acts 19:33 · Acts 21:40

23When the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.Cross-references: 2Ki 11:5 · 1Chr 9:25

24After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

25“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”Cross-references: Gen 21:1 · Gen 25:21 · Gen 30:22 · 1Sam 1:6 · 1Sam 1:19 · 1Sam 2:21 · +4 more

26Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,Cross-references: Matt 2:23 · Luke 1:19 · Luke 2:4 · John 1:45 · John 7:41

27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary.Cross-references: Gen 3:15 · Isa 7:14 · Jer 31:22 · Matt 1:16 · Matt 1:18 · Matt 1:20 · +2 more

28Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”Cross-references: Judg 5:24 · Judg 6:12 · Prov 31:29 · Isa 43:5 · Jer 1:18 · Dan 9:21 · +8 more

29But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.Cross-references: Judg 6:13 · 1Sam 9:20 · Mark 6:49 · Mark 16:5 · Luke 1:12 · Luke 1:66 · +4 more

30The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.Cross-references: Isa 41:10 · Isa 41:14 · Isa 43:1 · Isa 44:2 · Matt 14:27 · Matt 28:5 · +6 more

31Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’Cross-references: Isa 7:14 · Matt 1:21 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 1:25 · Luke 1:13 · Luke 1:27 · +2 more

32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,Cross-references: 2Sam 7:11 · 2Sam 7:16 · Ps 132:11 · Isa 9:6 · Isa 16:5 · Jer 23:5 · +29 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

33and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”Cross-references: 2Sam 7:16 · Ps 45:6 · Ps 89:35 · Dan 2:44 · Dan 7:13 · Dan 7:18 · +14 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

34Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”Cross-references: Judg 13:8 · Acts 9:6Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

35The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.Cross-references: Job 14:4 · Job 15:16 · Job 25:4 · Ps 2:7 · Ps 51:5 · Matt 1:18 · +18 moreExamined: Quran & the Bible →

36Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

37For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”Cross-references: Gen 18:14 · Num 11:23 · Job 13:2 · Jer 32:17 · Jer 32:27 · Zech 8:6 · +4 more

38Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.Cross-references: 2Sam 7:25 · Ps 116:16 · Ps 119:38 · Rom 4:20

39Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,Cross-references: Josh 10:40 · Josh 15:48 · Josh 20:7 · Josh 21:9 · Luke 1:65

40and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.Cross-references: Gen 25:22 · Ps 22:10 · Luke 1:15 · Luke 1:44 · Luke 1:67 · Luke 4:1 · +6 more

42She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!Cross-references: Gen 22:18 · Judg 5:24 · Ps 21:6 · Ps 45:2 · Ps 72:17 · Luke 1:28 · +5 more

43Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?Cross-references: Ruth 2:10 · 1Sam 25:41 · Ps 110:1 · Matt 3:14 · Luke 2:11 · Luke 7:7 · +6 more

44For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

45Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”Cross-references: 2Chr 20:20 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 11:27 · John 11:40 · John 20:29

46Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:1 · Ps 34:2 · Ps 35:9 · Ps 103:1 · Isa 24:15 · Isa 45:25 · +8 more

47My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,Cross-references: Ps 35:9 · Isa 12:2 · Isa 45:21 · Hab 3:18 · Zeph 3:14 · Zech 9:9 · +8 more

48for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.Cross-references: Gen 30:13 · 1Sam 1:11 · 1Sam 2:8 · 2Sam 7:8 · 2Sam 7:18 · Ps 102:17 · +10 more

49For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.Cross-references: Gen 17:1 · Ex 15:11 · 1Sam 2:2 · Ps 24:8 · Ps 71:19 · Ps 99:3 · +13 more

50His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.Cross-references: Gen 17:7 · Ex 20:6 · Ex 34:6 · Ps 31:19 · Ps 85:9 · Ps 103:11 · +7 more

51He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.Cross-references: Gen 6:5 · Gen 8:21 · Ex 15:6 · Ex 15:9 · Ex 18:11 · Deut 4:34 · +24 more

52He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:4 · 1Sam 2:6 · Job 5:11 · Job 34:24 · Ps 107:40 · Ps 113:6 · +7 more

53He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:5 · Ps 34:10 · Ps 107:8 · Ps 146:7 · Ezek 34:29 · Matt 5:6 · +14 more

54He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,Cross-references: Ps 98:3 · Isa 44:21 · Isa 46:3 · Isa 49:14 · Isa 54:6 · Isa 63:7 · +7 more

55as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”Cross-references: Gen 12:3 · Gen 17:19 · Gen 22:18 · Gen 26:4 · Gen 28:14 · Ps 105:6 · +3 more

56Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

57Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.Cross-references: Gen 21:2 · Num 23:19 · Luke 1:13 · Luke 2:6

58Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.Cross-references: Gen 19:19 · Gen 21:6 · Ruth 4:14 · Ps 113:9 · Isa 66:9 · Luke 1:14 · +3 more

59On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.Cross-references: Gen 17:12 · Gen 21:3 · Lev 12:3 · Luke 2:21 · Acts 7:8 · Phil 3:5

60His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”Cross-references: 2Sam 12:25 · Isa 8:3 · Matt 1:25 · Luke 1:13 · Luke 1:63

61They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

62They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.Cross-references: Luke 1:22

63He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.Cross-references: Prov 3:3 · Isa 30:8 · Jer 17:1 · Hab 2:2 · Luke 1:13 · Luke 1:60

64His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.Cross-references: Ex 4:15 · Ps 30:7 · Ps 51:15 · Ps 118:18 · Isa 12:1 · Jer 1:9 · +7 more

65Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.Cross-references: Josh 10:6 · Josh 10:40 · Luke 1:39 · Luke 7:16 · Acts 2:43 · Acts 5:5 · +3 more

66All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.Cross-references: Gen 37:11 · Gen 39:2 · Judg 13:24 · 1Sam 2:18 · 1Sam 16:18 · 1Ki 18:46 · +9 more

67His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,Cross-references: Num 11:25 · 2Sam 23:2 · Joel 2:28 · Luke 1:15 · Luke 1:41 · 2Pet 1:21

68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;Cross-references: Gen 9:26 · Gen 14:20 · Ex 3:16 · Ex 4:31 · 1Ki 1:48 · 1Chr 29:10 · +11 more

69and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant DavidCross-references: 1Sam 2:1 · 1Sam 2:10 · 2Sam 7:26 · 2Sam 22:3 · 1Ki 11:13 · Ps 18:2 · +16 more

70(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),Cross-references: Gen 3:15 · Gen 12:3 · Gen 49:10 · 2Sam 23:2 · Jer 23:5 · Jer 30:10 · +11 more

71salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;Cross-references: Deut 33:29 · Ps 106:10 · Ps 106:47 · Isa 14:1 · Isa 44:24 · Isa 54:7 · +11 more

72to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,Cross-references: Gen 12:3 · Gen 17:4 · Gen 22:18 · Gen 26:4 · Gen 28:14 · Lev 26:42 · +12 more

73the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,Cross-references: Gen 22:16 · Gen 24:7 · Gen 26:3 · Deut 7:8 · Deut 7:12 · Ps 105:9 · +3 more

74to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,Cross-references: Isa 35:9 · Isa 45:17 · Isa 54:13 · Isa 65:21 · Ezek 34:25 · Ezek 39:28 · +9 more

75in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.Cross-references: Deut 6:2 · Ps 105:44 · Jer 31:33 · Jer 32:39 · Ezek 36:24 · Matt 1:21 · +10 more

76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,Cross-references: Ps 87:5 · Isa 40:3 · Mal 3:1 · Mal 4:5 · Matt 3:3 · Matt 3:11 · +16 more

77to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,Cross-references: Jer 31:34 · Mark 1:3 · Luke 3:3 · Luke 3:6 · Luke 7:47 · John 1:7 · +13 more

78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,Cross-references: Num 24:17 · Ps 25:6 · Isa 11:1 · Isa 63:7 · Isa 63:15 · Zech 3:8 · +12 more

79to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”Cross-references: Job 3:5 · Job 10:22 · Ps 23:4 · Ps 25:8 · Ps 25:12 · Ps 44:19 · +29 more

80The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.Cross-references: Judg 13:24 · 1Sam 3:19 · Matt 3:1 · Matt 11:7 · Mark 1:3 · Luke 1:15 · +3 more