Luke 1:37

Because nothing is difficult for God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

In Context

36And lo, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, even she too hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who is called barren.

38Mary said: Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me, according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:26Jesus looked on them, and said to them: With men this is not practicable, but with God every thing is practicable.

Luke 18:27And Jesus said: Those things which, with men, cannot be, with God, can be.

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:27-39

The Birth of Christ Foretold. 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the angel said… Read the whole commentary →

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