But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
Parallel translations
- KJV But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
- BSB But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
- ESV But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
- NKJV But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
- NASB But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.
- NLT but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.
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Cross-references · 7
- Luke 2:51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
- Luke 1:66All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.
- Gen 37:11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
- Prov 4:4He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
- 1 Sam 21:12David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
- Hos 14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
- Luke 9:43–44They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
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