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Every verse is ranked by the community votes on the OpenBible.info cross-references it appears in — how often readers look it up, and how often other passages are tied back to it. Jeremiah 29:11 and John 3:16 rank in the top five; genealogies and census lists sit near the end of the 31,102.

Does the verse range work with different Bible translations?

Yes. The ranking is keyed to the KJV verse numbering and mapped to every supported translation, including editions whose numbering differs from the KJV. A verse a translation leaves blank is skipped rather than shown empty.

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And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

Luke 1:7

The Birth Announcement of John the Baptist

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I. In context 5,439 passages · 1,189 chapters

The Passage Luke 1:5-25

5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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The Chapter Luke 1

1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,

2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

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II. Study deeper 1,058 articles

Major New Testament Narratives & Events The Birth of John the Baptist Four hundred silent years end with Zacharias struck dumb at the altar of incense — Elisabeth's months of seclusion, and a father writing His name is John. Begin reading

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