Luke 1:55

New American Bible - revised edition

according to his promise to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:19

God replied: Even so, your wife Sarah is to bear you a son, and you shall call him Isaac. It is with him that I will maintain my covenant as an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing—

Genesis 22:18

and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing, because you obeyed my command.”

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will find blessing in you.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and through them you will spread to the west and the east, to the north and the south. In you and your descendants all the families of the earth will find blessing.

Genesis 17:7

I will maintain my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting covenant, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Luke 1:54

He has helped Israel his servant, remembering his mercy,

Luke 1:56

Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home. The Birth of John.