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Luke 1 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Introduction

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:1 - Inasmuch G1895 as many G4183 have undertaken G2021 to compile G392 an account G1335 of the things G4229 [fn]accomplished G4135 among G1722 us,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:2 - just G2531 as they were handed G3860 down G3860 to us by those G3588 who from the beginning G746 [fn]were eyewitnesses G845 and [fn]servants G5257 of the [fn]word, G3056
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:3 - it seemed G1380 fitting G1380 for me as well, G2532 having [fn]investigated G3877 everything G3956 carefully G199 from the beginning, G509 to write G1125 it out for you in consecutive G2517 order, G2517 most G2903 excellent G2903 Theophilus; G2321
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:4 - so G2443 that you may know G1921 the exact G803 truth G803 about G4012 the things G3056 you have been [fn]taught. G2727

Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:5 - In the days G2250 of Herod, G2264 king G935 of Judea, G2453 there was a priest G2409 named G3686 [fn]Zacharias, G2197 of the division G2183 of [fn]Abijah; G7 and he had a wife G1135 [fn]from the daughters G2364 of Aaron, G2 and her name G3686 was Elizabeth. G1665
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:6 - They were both G297 righteous G1342 in the sight G1727 of God, G2316 walking G4198 blamelessly G273 in all G3956 the commandments G1785 and requirements G1345 of the Lord. G2962
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:7 - But they had G1510 no G3756 child, G5043 because G2530 Elizabeth G1665 was barren, G4723 and they were both G297 advanced G4260 in [fn]years. G2250
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:8 - Now G1161 it happened G1096 that while G1722 he was performing G2407 his priestly G2407 service G2407 before G1725 God G2316 in the appointed order G5010 of his division, G2183
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:9 - according G2596 to the custom G1485 of the priestly G2405 office, G2405 he was chosen G2975 by lot G2975 to enter G1525 the temple G3485 of the Lord G2962 and burn G2370 incense. G2370
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:10 - And the whole G3956 multitude G4128 of the people G2992 were in prayer G4336 outside G1854 at the hour G5610 of the incense G2368 offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11 - And an angel G32 of the Lord G2962 appeared G3708 to him, standing G2476 to the right G1188 of the altar G2379 of incense. G2368
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:12 - Zacharias G2197 was troubled G5015 when he saw G3708 the angel, and fear G5401 [fn]gripped G1968 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:13 - But the angel G32 said G3004 to him, “Do not be afraid, G5399 Zacharias, G2197 for your petition G1162 has been heard, G1522 and your wife G1135 Elizabeth G1665 will bear G1080 you a son, G5207 and you will [fn]give G2564 him the name G3686 John. G2491
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:14 - “You will have joy G5479 and gladness, G20 and many G4183 will rejoice G5463 at his birth. G1078
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:15 - “For he will be great G3173 in the sight G1799 of the Lord; G2962 and he will drink G4095 no G3756 G3361 wine G3631 or G2532 liquor, G4608 and he will be filled G4130 with the Holy G40 Spirit G4151 [fn]while yet G2089 in his mother’s G3384 womb. G2836
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:16 - “And he will turn G1994 many G4183 of the sons G5207 of Israel G2474 back G1994 to the Lord G2962 their God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17 - “It is he who will go G4281 as a forerunner before G1799 Him in the spirit G4151 and power G1411 of Elijah, G2243 TO TURN G1994 THE HEARTS G2588 OF THE FATHERS G3962 BACK G1994 TO THE CHILDREN G5043, and the disobedient G545 to the attitude G5428 of the righteous, G1342 so as to make G2090 ready G2090 a people G2992 prepared G2680 for the Lord.” G2962
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:18 - Zacharias G2197 said G3004 to the angel, G32 “How G2596 G5101 will I know G1097 this G3778 for certain? For I am G1510 an old G4246 man G4246 and my wife G1135 is advanced G4260 in [fn]years.” G2250
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:19 - The angel G32 answered G611 and said G3004 to him, “I am G1510 Gabriel, G1043 who [fn]stands G3936 in the presence G1799 of God, G2316 and I have been sent G649 to speak G2980 to you and to bring G2097 you this G3778 good G2097 news. G2097
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:20 - “And behold, G2400 you shall be silent G4623 and unable G3361 G1410 to speak G2980 until G891 the day G2250 when G3739 these G3778 things G3778 take G1096 place, G1096 because G473 G3739 you did not believe G4100 my words, G3056 which G3748 will be fulfilled G4137 in their proper G2540 time.” G2540
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:21 - The people G2992 were waiting G4328 for Zacharias, G2197 and were wondering G2296 at his delay G5549 in the temple. G3485
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:22 - But when he came G1831 out, he was unable G3756 G1410 to speak G2980 to them; and they realized G1921 that he had seen G3708 a vision G3701 in the temple; G3485 and he kept [fn]making G1269 signs G1269 to them, and remained G1265 mute. G2974
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:23 - When G5613 the days G2250 of his priestly G3009 service G3009 were ended, G4130 he went G565 back G565 home. G3624
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:24 - After G3326 these G3778 days G2250 Elizabeth G1665 his wife G1135 became G4815 pregnant, G4815 and she [fn]kept G4032 herself G1438 in seclusion G4032 for five G4002 months, G3376 saying, G3004
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:25 - “This G3779 is the way G3779 the Lord G2962 has dealt G4160 with me in the days G2250 when G3739 He looked G1896 with favor upon me, to take G851 away G851 my disgrace G3681 among G1722 men.” G444

Jesus' Birth Foretold

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:26 - Now G1161 in the sixth G1623 month G3376 the angel G32 Gabriel G1043 was sent G649 from God G2316 to a city G4172 in Galilee G1056 called G3686 Nazareth, G3478
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:27 - to a virgin G3933 [fn]engaged G3423 to a man G435 whose G3739 name G3686 was Joseph, G2501 of the [fn]descendants G3624 of David; G1138 and the virgin’s G3933 name G3686 was [fn]Mary. G3137
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:28 - And coming G1525 in, he said G3004 to her, “Greetings, G5463 [fn]favored G5487 one! The Lord G2962 [fn]is with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:29 - But she was very G1298 perplexed G1298 at this statement, G3056 and kept pondering G1260 what G4217 kind G4217 of salutation G783 this G3778 was.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:30 - The angel G32 said G3004 to her, “Do not be afraid, G5399 Mary; G3137 for you have found G2147 favor G5485 with God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:31 - “And behold, G2400 you will conceive G4815 in your womb G1064 and bear G5088 a son, G5207 and you shall name G3686 Him Jesus. G2424
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:32 - “He will be great G3173 and will be called G2564 the Son G5207 of the Most G5310 High; G5310 and the Lord G2962 God G2316 will give G1325 Him the throne G2362 of His father G3962 David; G1138
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:33 - and He will reign G936 over G1909 the house G3624 of Jacob G2384 forever, G165 and His kingdom G932 will have no G3756 end.” G5056
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:34 - Mary G3137 said G3004 to the angel, G32 “How G4459 [fn]can this G3778 be, since G1893 I [fn]am a virgin?” G435 G3756 G1097
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:35 - The angel G32 answered G611 and said G3004 to her, “The Holy G40 Spirit G4151 will come G1904 upon you, and the power G1411 of the Most G5310 High G5310 will overshadow G1982 you; and for that reason G1352 the [fn]holy G40 Child G1080 shall be called G2564 the Son G5207 of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:36 - “And behold, G2400 even G2532 your relative G6080 Elizabeth G1665 has also G2532 conceived G4815 a son G5207 in her old G1094 age; G1094 and [fn]she who was called G2564 barren G4723 is now in her sixth G1623 month. G3376
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:37 - “For [fn]nothing G3756 G3956 G4487 will be impossible G101 with God.” G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:38 - And Mary G3137 said, G3004 “Behold, G2400 the [fn]bondslave G1401 of the Lord; G2962 may it be done G1096 to me according G2596 to your word.” G4487 And the angel G32 departed G565 from her.

Mary Visits Elizabeth

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:39 - Now G1161 [fn]at this G3778 time G2250 Mary G3137 arose G450 and went G4198 in a hurry G4710 to the hill G3714 country, G3714 to a city G4172 of Judah, G2455
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:40 - and entered G1525 the house G3624 of Zacharias G2197 and greeted G782 Elizabeth. G1665
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:41 - When G5613 Elizabeth G1665 heard G191 Mary’s G3137 greeting, G783 the baby G1025 leaped G4640 in her womb; G2836 and Elizabeth G1665 was filled G4130 with the Holy G40 Spirit. G4151
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:42 - And she cried G400 out with a loud G3173 voice G2906 and said, G3004 “Blessed G2127 are you among G1722 women, G1135 and blessed G2127 is the fruit G2590 of your womb! G2836
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:43 - “And [fn]how G4159 has it happened to me, that the mother G3384 of my Lord G2962 would come G2064 to me?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44 - “For behold, G2400 when G5613 the sound G5456 of your greeting G783 reached G1096 my ears, G3775 the baby G1025 leaped G4640 in my womb G2836 for joy. G20
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:45 - “And blessed G3107 is she who [fn]believed G4100 that there would be a fulfillment G5050 of what had been spoken G2980 to her [fn]by the Lord.” G2962

The Magnificat

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:46 - And Mary G3137 said: G3004
“My soul G5590 [fn]exalts G3170 the Lord, G2962
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:47 - And my spirit G4151 has rejoiced G21 in God G2316 my Savior. G4990
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:48 - “For He has had G1914 regard G1914 for the humble G5014 state G5014 of His [fn]bondslave; G1401
For behold, G2400 from this G3568 time G3568 on all G3956 generations G1074 will count G3106 me blessed. G3106
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:49 - “For the Mighty G1415 One G1415 has done G4160 great G3173 things G3173 for me;
And holy G40 is His name. G3686
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:50 - “AND HIS MERCY G1656 IS [fn]UPON GENERATION G1074 AFTER G2532 GENERATION G1074
TOWARD THOSE G3588 WHO FEAR G5399 HIM.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:51 - “He has done G4160 [fn]mighty G2904 deeds G2904 with His arm; G1023
He has scattered G1287 those who were proud G5244 in the [fn]thoughts G1271 of their heart. G2588
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:52 - “He has brought G2507 down G2507 rulers G1413 from their thrones, G2362
And has exalted G5312 those who were humble. G5011
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:53 - “HE HAS FILLED G1705 THE HUNGRY G3983 WITH GOOD G18 THINGS G18;
And sent G1821 away G1821 the rich G4147 empty-handed. G2756
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:54 - “He has given G482 help G482 to Israel G2474 His servant, G3816
[fn]In remembrance G3403 of His mercy, G1656
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:55 - As He spoke G2980 to our fathers, G3962
To Abraham G11 and his [fn]descendants G4690 forever.” G165
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:56 - And Mary G3137 stayed G3306 with her about G5613 three G5140 months, G3376 and then returned G5290 to her home. G3624

John Is Born

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:57 - Now G1161 the time G5550 [fn]had come G4130 for Elizabeth G1665 to give G5088 birth, G5088 and she gave G1080 birth G5088 to a son. G5207
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:58 - Her neighbors G4040 and her relatives G4773 heard G191 that the Lord G2962 had [fn]displayed G3170 His great G3170 mercy G1656 toward G3326 her; and they were rejoicing G4796 with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:59 - And it happened G1096 that on the eighth G3590 day G2250 they came G2064 to circumcise G4059 the child, G3813 and they were going to call G2564 him Zacharias, G2197 [fn]after G1909 his father. G3962
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:60 - But his mother G3384 answered G611 and said, G3004 “No G3780 indeed; G3780 but he shall be called G2564 John.” G2491
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:61 - And they said G3004 to her, “There is no G3762 one G3762 among G1537 your relatives G4772 who G3739 is called G2564 by that name.” G3686
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:62 - And they made G1770 signs G1770 to his father, G3962 as to what G5101 G302 he wanted G2309 him called. G2564
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:63 - And he asked G154 for a tablet G4093 and wrote G1125 as follows, G3004 “His name G3686 is John.” G2491 And they were all G3956 astonished. G2296
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:64 - And at once G3916 his mouth G4750 was opened G455 and his tongue G1100 loosed, and he began to speak G2980 in praise G2127 of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:65 - Fear G5401 came G1096 on all G3956 those G3588 living G4039 around G4039 them; and all G3956 these G3778 matters G4487 were being talked G1255 about G1255 in all G3650 the hill G3714 country G3714 of Judea. G2453
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:66 - All G3956 who heard G191 them kept G5087 them in mind, G2588 saying, G3004 “What G5101 then G686 will this G3778 child G3813 turn out to be?” For the hand G5495 of the Lord G2962 was certainly G2532 with him.

Zacharias's Prophecy

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:67 - And his father G3962 Zacharias G2197 was filled G4130 with the Holy G40 Spirit, G4151 and prophesied, G4395 saying: G3004
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:68 - “Blessed G2128 be the Lord G2962 God G2316 of Israel, G2474
For He has visited G1980 us and accomplished G4160 redemption G3085 for His people, G2992
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:69 - And has raised G1453 up a horn G2768 of salvation G4991 for us
In the house G3624 of David G1138 His servant G3816
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:70 - As He spoke G2980 by the mouth G4750 of His holy G40 prophets G4396 from of old G165
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:71 - [fn]Salvation G4991 FROM OUR ENEMIES G2190,
And FROM THE HAND G5495 OF ALL G3956 WHO HATE G3404 US;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:72 - To show G4160 mercy G1656 toward G3326 our fathers, G3962
And to remember G3403 His holy G40 covenant, G1242
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:73 - The oath G3727 which G3739 He swore G3660 to Abraham G11 our father, G3962
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:74 - To grant G1325 us that we, being rescued G4506 from the hand G5495 of our enemies, G2190
Might serve G3000 Him without G870 fear, G870
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:75 - In holiness G3742 and righteousness G1343 before G1799 Him all G3956 our days. G2250
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:76 - “And you, child, G3813 will be called G2564 the prophet G4396 of the Most G5310 High; G5310
For you will go G4313 on BEFORE G1799 THE LORD G2962 TO PREPARE G2090 HIS WAYS G3598;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:77 - To give G1325 to His people G2992 the knowledge G1108 of salvation G4991
[fn]By the forgiveness G859 of their sins, G266
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:78 - Because G1223 of the tender G4698 mercy G1656 of our God, G2316
With which G3739 the Sunrise G395 from on high G5311 will visit G1980 us,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:79 - TO SHINE G2014 UPON THOSE G3588 WHO SIT G2521 IN DARKNESS G4655 AND THE SHADOW G4639 OF DEATH G2288,
To guide G2720 our feet G4228 into the way G3598 of peace.” G1515
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:80 - And the child G3813 continued to grow G837 and to become G2901 strong G2901 in spirit, G4151 and he lived G1510 in the deserts G2048 until G2193 the day G2250 of his public G323 appearance G323 to Israel. G2474
NASB95 Footnotes
Or, on which there is full conviction
Literally: became
Or, ministers
I.e. gospel
Or, followed
Or, orally instructed in
I.e. Zechariah
Gr Abia
I.e. of priestly descent
Literally: days
Or, fell upon
Literally: call his name
Literally: from
Literally: days
Literally: stand beside
Or, beckoning to or nodding to
Literally: was hidden
Or, betrothed; i.e. the first stage of marriage in Jewish culture, usually lasting for a year before the wedding night. More legal than engagement
Literally: house
Gr Mariam; i.e. Heb Miriam; so throughout Luke
Or, woman richly blessed
Or, be
Literally: will
Literally: know no man
Literally: the holy thing begotten
Literally: this is the sixth month to her who
Literally: not any word
I.e. female slave
Literally: in these days
Literally: from where this to me
Or, believed, because there will be
Literally: from
Literally: makes great
I.e. female slave
Literally: unto generations and generations
Literally: might
Literally: thought, attitude
Literally: So as to remember
Literally: seed
Literally: was fulfilled
Literally: magnified
Literally: after the name of
Or, Deliverance
Or, Consisting in
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