The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
- BSB So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- NKJV Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- NASB And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- NLT “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God!
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- Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
- Luke 12:32Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
- Rom 8:31What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Isa 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Matt 28:5The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
- Acts 18:9–10The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
- Matt 14:27But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”
- Isa 44:2This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- Isa 41:14Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 43:1–4But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.
- Acts 27:24saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
- Heb 13:6So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
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