Luke 1:72 - Plain English Version

⁷² He did that because he felt sorry for our grand-fathers that lived a long time ago, and wanted to be good to them, and do everything that he promised.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷² To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷² To make true and show the mercy and compassion and kindness [promised] to our forefathers and to remember and carry out His holy covenant [to bless, which is all the more sacred because it is made by God Himself],

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷² To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

Common English Bible

⁷² He has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors, and remembered his holy covenant,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷² to accomplish mercy with our fathers, and to call to mind his holy testament,

Luke 1:72 Cross References

Genesis 12:3

If anyone does good things for you and your family, I will do good things for them. But, if anyone does bad things to you, and if they make trouble for you and your family, I will curse them and make trouble for them. I will use your family to do good things for all the families in the world.”

Genesis 22:18

And I will use your family to do good things for all the nations in the world. I will do all this because you listened to me, and you did what I told you to do.’ ”

Genesis 28:14

Lots of people will be born into your family, and they will become a really big mob of people. There will be lots and lots of them, just like there are lots of little bits of dirt on the ground. And those people in your family, they will spread out a long way, and they will live in lots of different places. Some of them will go west, some of them will go east, some of them will go north, and some of them will go south. And I will use your family to do good things for all the families in the world.