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Luke 1:34

Luke 1:34 is verse 34 of Luke chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

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King James Version

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

World English Bible

Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”

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Luke 1:32–36 · Berean Standard Bible

32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”

34 “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

36 Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Judges 13:8

Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”

Judges 13:9

And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

Judges 13:10

The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”

Judges 13:11

So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.

Judges 13:12

Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”

Acts 9:6

“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

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