Luke 1:42
and cried aloud, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is your unborn child!
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43But how have I this honor, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
Cross References
Genesis 22:18All the nations of the earth will ask for themselves a blessing like theirs, because you have obeyed my command.’”
Psalms 21:6For you make him most blessed forever, you make him glad with the joy of your presence.
Psalms 72:17May his name be blessed forever, may his fame endure as the sun. May all nations envy his blessedness, all tribes of the earth call him happy.
Luke 1:48for he has looked with favor on his humble servant girl. From now on all generations will call me blessed!
Acts 2:26Therefore my heart was cheered, and my tongue told its delight; yes, even my body, too, will rest in hope;
Hebrews 12:2our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfect example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now ‘has taken his seat at the right hand’ of the throne of God.
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 →