Luke 1:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He will be great and will be called the Son of God Most High. The Lord God will make him king, as his ancestor David was.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:16

I will make sure that one of your descendants will always be king.

Psalm 132:11

You made a solemn promise to David, when you said, “I, the LORD, promise that someone in your family will always be king.

Psalm 132:12

If they keep our agreement and follow my teachings, then someone in your family will rule for ever.”

Isaiah 16:5

Then a kingdom of love will be set up, and someone from David's family will rule with fairness. He will do what is right and quickly bring justice.

Jeremiah 17:25

then Judah and Jerusalem will always be ruled by kings from David's family. The king and his officials will ride through these gates on horses or in chariots, and the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be with them. There will always be people living in Jerusalem,

Daniel 2:44

During the time of those kings, the God who rules from heaven will set up an eternal kingdom that will never fall. It will be like the stone that was cut from the mountain, but not by human hands—the stone that crushed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. Your Majesty, in your dream the great God has told you what is going to happen, and you can trust this interpretation.

Matthew 1:1

Jesus Christ came from the family of King David and also from the family of Abraham. And this is a list of his ancestors.

Matthew 12:42

The Queen of the South will also stand there with you and condemn you. She travelled a long way to hear Solomon's wisdom, and yet here is something much greater than Solomon.

Matthew 28:18

Jesus came to them and said: I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth!

Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water so that you will give up your sins. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Mark 14:61

But Jesus kept quiet and did not say a word. The high priest asked him another question, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the glorious God?”

Mark 5:7

He shouted, “Jesus, Son of God in heaven, what do you want with me? Promise me in God's name that you won't torture me!”

Luke 1:15

Your son will be a great servant of the Lord. He must never drink wine or beer, and the power of the Holy Spirit will be with him from the time he is born.

Luke 1:35

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come down to you, and God's power will come over you. So your child will be called the holy Son of God.

Luke 1:76

You, my son, will be called a prophet of God in heaven above. You will go ahead of the Lord to get everything ready for him.

Luke 3:16

John said, “I am just baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies and be good to them. Lend without expecting to be paid back. Then you will get a great reward, and you will be the true children of God in heaven. He is good even to people who are unthankful and cruel.

John 12:34

The crowd said to Jesus, “The Scriptures teach that the Messiah will live for ever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

John 6:69

We have faith in you, and we are sure that you are God's Holy One.”

Acts 16:17

The girl followed Paul and the rest of us and kept yelling, “These men are servants of the Most High God! They are telling you how to be saved.”

Acts 2:30

But David was a prophet, and he knew that God had made a promise he would not break. He had told David that someone from his own family would some day be king.

Acts 2:36

Everyone in Israel should then know for certain that God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ, even though you put him to death on a cross.

Acts 7:48

But the Most High God doesn't live in houses made by humans. It is just as the prophet said, when he spoke for the Lord,

Revelation 3:7

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: I am the one who is holy and true, and I have the keys that belonged to David. When I open a door, no one can close it. And when I close a door, no one can open it. Listen to what I say.