Quotes About Promise

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

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.

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

For no word from God will ever fail.”

Blessed is she who has believed that the Lordís word to her will be fulfilled.”

He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,

as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”

When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us

He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.

Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.

The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lordís Christ.

Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:

“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

which You have prepared in the sight of all people,

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

ëSon, you are always with me,í the father said, ëand all that is mine is yours.