Luke 1:44
For, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the babe within me leapt for joy.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
43But why is this honour done me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
45And blessed is she who has believed, for the word spoken to her from the Lord shall be fulfilled."
Cross References
Luke 6:23"Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets!
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 →