Luke 1:48
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
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In Context
47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
Cross References
Genesis 30:13Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
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 7:18Then 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 113:7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
Malachi 3:12“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:40-57
The Interview of Mary and Elisabeth; The Song of Mary. 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42 And she spake 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 to me,… Read the whole commentary →