Luke 1:55 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵⁵ as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁵ As he spake to our fathers, To Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁵ Even as He promised to our forefathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever. [Gen. 17:7; 18:18; 22:17; I Sam. 2:1-10; Mic. 7:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁵ (As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

Common English Bible

⁵⁵ just as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to Abraham’s descendants forever.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁵ just as he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his offspring forever."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁵ As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

Luke 1:55 Cross References

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves.”

Genesis 17:19

God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasing covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 17:7

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

Genesis 22:18

and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”

Genesis 26:4

I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves:

Genesis 28:14

and your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves.

Luke 1:54

He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,

Luke 1:56

And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home.