Luke 1:31

Easy-to-Read Version

Listen! You will become pregnant and have a baby boy. You will name him Jesus.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

King James Version (1611)
And behold, thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe, and bring forth a sonne, and shalt call his name Iesus.

King James Version
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus .

English Standard Version
And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

New American Standard Bible
"And behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.

New Century Version
Listen! You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

Amplified Bible
"Listen carefully: you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.

Legacy Standard Bible
And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.

Berean Standard Bible
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.

Contemporary English Version
and you will have a son. His name will be Jesus.

Complete Jewish Bible
Look! You will become pregnant, you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Yeshua.

Darby Translation
and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For loe, thou shalt conceiue in thy wobe, and beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Iesus.

George Lamsa Translation
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus.

Good News Translation
You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

Lexham English Bible
And behold, you will conceive in the womb and will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus.

Literal Translation
And behold! You will conceive in your womb and bear a Son, and you will call His name Jesus.

American Standard Version
And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus .

Bible in Basic English
And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Yeshua.'

International Standard Version
Listen! You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:21; Luke 2:21;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For, behold, thou shalt conceive, and shalt bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jeshu.

Murdock Translation
For lo, thou wilt conceive in thy womb, and wilt bear a son, and wilt call his name Jesus.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For beholde, thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, & shalt call his name Iesus.

English Revised Version
And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

World English Bible
Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

Weymouth's New Testament
You will conceive in your womb and bear a son; and you are to call His name JESUS.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! thou schalt conceyue in wombe, and schalt bere a sone, and thou schalt clepe his name Jhesus.

Update Bible Version
And look, you shall conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name JESUS.

Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

New English Translation
Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

New King James Version
And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.

New Living Translation
You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

New Life Bible
See! You are to become a mother and have a Son. You are to give Him the name Jesus.

New Revised Standard
And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And 1o! thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name, Jesus:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

Revised Standard Version
And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Loo: thou shalt coceave in thy wombe and shalt beare a sonne and shalt call his name Iesus.

Young's Literal Translation
and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, thou shalt coceaue in thy wobe, & beare a sonne & shalt call his name Iesus:

Mace New Testament (1729)
you shall be now pregnant, and be delivered of a son, whom you shall name JESUS.

Simplified Cowboy Version
you are going to be pregnant with a son. You will name him Jesus.

Contextual Overview

²⁶During Elizabeth's sixth month of pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to a virgin girl who lived in Nazareth, a town in Galilee. She was engaged to marry a man named Joseph from the family of David. Her name was Mary. ²⁸ The angel came to her and said, "Greetings! The Lord is with you; you are very special to him." ²⁹ But Mary was very confused about what the angel said. She wondered, "What does this mean?" ³⁰ The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, because God is very pleased with you. ³¹ Listen! You will become pregnant and have a baby boy. You will name him Jesus. ³² He will be great. People will call him the Son of the Most High God, and the Lord God will make him king like his ancestor David. ³³ He will rule over the people of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end." ³⁴ Mary said to the angel, "How will this happen? I am still a virgin." ³⁵ The angel said to Mary, "The Holy Spirit will come to you, and the power of the Most High God will cover you. The baby will be holy and will be called the Son of God. ³⁶ And here's something else: Your relative Elizabeth is pregnant. She is very old, but she is going to have a son. Everyone thought she could not have a baby, but she has been pregnant now for six months.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou: Luke 1:27, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Galatians 4:4

and shalt: Luke 1:13, Luke 2:21, Matthew 1:21, Matthew 1:25

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:15 - her seed Genesis 16:11 - shalt Judges 13:3 - but thou 2 Samuel 7:13 - He shall 2 Samuel 22:51 - seed 1 Kings 2:33 - his house 2 Kings 4:16 - thou shalt 2 Chronicles 13:5 - to David Psalms 18:50 - to his Psalms 71:6 - thou art Psalms 72:17 - His name Proverbs 23:25 - and she Isaiah 16:5 - in the Isaiah 49:1 - The Lord Ezekiel 34:24 - a prince Hosea 1:4 - Call Amos 9:11 - raise Micah 5:2 - that is Matthew 1:1 - the son of David Matthew 1:16 - of whom Matthew 25:34 - the King Mark 11:10 - the kingdom Luke 1:35 - The Holy Ghost Luke 20:44 - how John 1:14 - the Word Acts 2:30 - he Acts 13:23 - this Acts 15:16 - build again the tabernacle Romans 1:3 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
God created the sky and the earth. At first,

Genesis 1:2
the earth was completely empty. There was nothing on the earth. Darkness covered the ocean, and God's Spirit moved over the water.

Genesis 1:5
God named the light "day," and he named the darkness "night." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the first day.

Genesis 1:8
God named that space "sky." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the second day.

Genesis 1:13
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the third day.

Genesis 1:19
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fourth day.

Genesis 1:23
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fifth day.

Genesis 2:2
God finished the work he was doing, so on the seventh day he rested from his work.

Exodus 20:11
That is because the Lord worked six days and made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. And on the seventh day, he rested. In this way the Lord blessed the Sabbath—the day of rest. He made that a very special day.

Job 38:7
when the morning stars sang together and the angels shouted with joy?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb,.... Though a pure virgin, which never knew a man; and therefore, "a behold", is prefixed to it, as being what was extraordinary and wonderful; as it is also, in the prophesy of it, in Isaiah 7:14 to which the angel manifestly refers, and is, by Matthew cited, as accomplished hereby;

Isaiah 7:14- : Isaiah 7:14- :

and bring forth a Son, and shalt call his name Jesus; which signifies a "Saviour"; and a Saviour Christ is of God's appointing, providing and sending; and a very suitable one, being a spiritual Saviour, and a complete one, both able and willing to save to the uttermost all that believe in him; nor is there any other, nor salvation in any other: he is the Saviour of his people, whom the Father has given him, even of all the elect, whether of Jews or Gentiles; and of them from all their sins, and from all their enemies; and whom he saves with a spiritual and eternal salvation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb - See the notes at Isaiah 7:14.

And shalt call his name Jesus - A Saviour. See the notes at Matthew 1:21. All this was announced. also, by an angel to Joseph, after this visitation to Mary. See the notes at Matthew 1:20-21.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. Thou - shalt call his name JESUS. — See on Matthew 1:20-21, and here, on Luke 2:21, and John 1:29.