Luke 1:55
Good News Translation
He has remembered to show mercy to Abraham and to all his descendants forever!"

New Revised Standard Version
according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

Contemporary English Version
The Lord made this promise to our ancestors, to Abraham and his family forever!

New American Bible
according to his promise to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

Genesis 12:3 I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 17:19 And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

Genesis 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Genesis 26:4 And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and IN THEE and thy seed, all the tribes of the earth SHALL BE BLESSED.

Psalm 105:6-10 O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen. . . .

Psalm 132:11-17 The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne. . . .

Romans 11:28,29 As concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are most dear for the sake of the fathers. . . .

Galatians 3:16,17 To Abraham were the promises made and to his seed. He saith not: And to his seeds as of many. But as of one: And to thy seed, which is Christ. . . .

Context
Mary's Song
54He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy. 55As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever. 56And Mary abode with her about three months. And she returned to her own house.…
Cross References
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Genesis 17:19
And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

Psalm 132:11
The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.

Luke 1:54
He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy.

Luke 1:56
And Mary abode with her about three months. And she returned to her own house.

Galatians 3:16
To Abraham were the promises made and to his seed. He saith not: And to his seeds as of many. But as of one: And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Luke 1:54
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