KJV King James Version
To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
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Luke 1:72
To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
WEB World English Bible
to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
ASV American Standard Version
To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,
Surrounding context — Luke 1
69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72 To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
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Hebrews 6:13-18For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,Leviticus 26:42Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.Psalm 106:45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.Micah 7:20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.Luke 1:54-55He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of [his] mercy;Genesis 26:4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;Romans 11:28As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers’ sakes.Ezekiel 16:60Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.Genesis 28:14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.Genesis 22:18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.Psalm 105:8-10He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.Acts 3:25-26Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.Psalm 111:5He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.Ezekiel 16:8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.Genesis 17:4-9As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.Psalm 98:3He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.Genesis 12:3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.Galatians 3:15-17Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though [it be] but a man’s covenant, yet [if it be] confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
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