His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
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- KJV And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
- BSB But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
- NKJV His mother answered and said, “No; he shall be called John.”
- NASB And yet his mother responded and said, “No indeed; but he shall be called John.”
- NLT But Elizabeth said, “No! His name is John!”
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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.
- 2 Sam 12:25and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
- Isa 8:3I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’
- Luke 1:63He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.
- Matt 1:25and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
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