Luke 1:40 - Plain English Version

⁴⁰ Zekariah and Elizabeth lived in that town. Mary went to their house, and she went in and said to Elizabeth, “Hello cousin.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ And she went to the house of Zachariah and, entering it, saluted Elizabeth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ She entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And she entered into the house of Zechariah, and she greeted Elizabeth.

Luke 1:40 Cross References

Luke 1:39

Soon after that, Mary got ready, and she went south quickly to a town in the hilly part of the country called Judea.

Luke 1:41

As soon as Elizabeth heard Mary say those words, she felt her baby jump inside her. And the Holy Spirit came into her,

Luke 1:5

When Herod was the big boss over Judea country, there was a man there that was called Zekariah. He was one of the men that looked after the Jewish ceremonies. There were different groups that did the Jewish ceremonies for the people at different times. He was in the group called the Abijah mob. His wife belonged to a family of Jewish ceremony people too. Her name was Elizabeth.