Bible verses about "elizabeth" | Worsley

²⁸ And when the angel came in to the room to her, he said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured; the Lord is with thee;

⁴² And the Lord said, Who is indeed that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his family to give out the measure of food in due season? ⁴³ Happy is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. ⁴⁴ Verily I tell you, that he will set him over all that he hath. ⁴⁵ But if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and begin to beat the men and maid-servants, and drink, and to be drunken: ⁴⁶ the lord of that servant will come on a day in which he does not expect him, and at a time which he is not aware of; and will cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.

⁴¹ And as soon as Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the child leaped in her womb, and Elisabeth was filled with the holy Spirit:

¹³ but the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias; for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John:

⁴⁴ for behold, as soon as the voice of thy salutation reached my ears, the child in my womb leaped for joy:

³⁹ Then Mary arose and went with speed into the hill-country, to a city of Juda, ⁴⁰ and came into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. ⁴¹ And as soon as Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the child leaped in her womb, and Elisabeth was filled with the holy Spirit: ⁴² and she cried out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb: ⁴³ and whence is this honor to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴ for behold, as soon as the voice of thy salutation reached my ears, the child in my womb leaped for joy:

⁵ There was in the days of Herod king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. ⁶ And they were both righteous in the sight of God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. ⁷ And they had no child, for Elisabeth was barren; and they were both far advanced in years. ⁸ And it came to pass, while he was in the order of his course performing the priest's office before God, ⁹ according to the custom of dividing the office of the priests, that it fell to his lot to burn incense, entring into the temple of the Lord: ¹⁰ and all the people were praying without at the time of offering incense. ¹¹ And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right hand of the altar of incense. ¹² And when Zacharias saw him, he was startled and struck with fear: ¹³ but the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias; for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John: ¹⁴ and he shall be a joy and transport to thee, yea, many shall rejoice on account of his birth; for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, ¹⁵ and he shall drink neither wine nor any other strong liquor; and he shall be filled with the holy Spirit even from his birth; ¹⁶ and many of the children of Israel shall he convert unto the Lord their God. ¹⁷ And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to prepare for the Lord a people well-disposed. ¹⁸ And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife far advanced in years. ¹⁹ And the angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God, and I am sent to speak to thee, and to tell thee this good news: ²⁰ and now shalt thou be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass; because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled at their season. ²¹ And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondered at his staying so long in the temple: ²² but when he came out he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them, and continued speechless: ²³ and as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. ²⁴ And after these days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and retired five months, ²⁵ saying, the Lord hath thus dealt with me in the days wherein he looked upon me to take away my reproach among men. ²⁶ But in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee called Nazareth, ²⁷ to a virgin who was betrothed to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. ²⁸ And when the angel came in to the room to her, he said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured; the Lord is with thee; ²⁹ blessed art thou among women! and when she saw him, she was confused at what he said, and pondered in her mind what sort of salutation this could be. ³⁰ And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favor with God: ³¹ and behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS: ³² He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God shall give Him the throne of David his father, ³³ and He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end. ³⁴ Then said Mary to the angel, How can this be, since I am a virgin? ³⁵ And the angel answered and said unto her, The holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee, and therefore thine holy offspring shall be called the Son of God: and lo, ³⁶ thy cousin Elisabeth also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren; ³⁷ for nothing is impossible with God. ³⁸ Then Mary said, Behold the servant of the Lord, may it be unto me according to thy word. So the angel departed from her. ³⁹ Then Mary arose and went with speed into the hill-country, to a city of Juda, ⁴⁰ and came into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. ⁴¹ And as soon as Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the child leaped in her womb, and Elisabeth was filled with the holy Spirit: ⁴² and she cried out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb: ⁴³ and whence is this honor to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴ for behold, as soon as the voice of thy salutation reached my ears, the child in my womb leaped for joy: ⁴⁵ and blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a performance of the things that were told her from the Lord. ⁴⁶ And Mary said, "My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour; ⁴⁷ for He hath regarded the low estate of his handmaid: ⁴⁸ for behold, from henceforth shall all generations call me blessed: ⁴⁹ for He that is mighty hath done great things for me, ⁵⁰ and his name is holy, and his mercy is on them that fear Him, unto all generations. ⁵¹ He hath wrought powerfully with his arm; He hath confounded those that were proud in the imagination of their heart. ⁵² He hath cast down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the humble. ⁵³ He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He hath sent away empty. ⁵⁴ He hath supported Israel his servant, ⁵⁵ in remembrance of his mercy (even as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed,) for ever." ⁵⁶ And Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her own house. ⁵⁷ Now when Elisabeth's time for her delivery was fully come, she brought forth a son: