Luke 1:37 (KJV)

Passage

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Luke 1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nothing", "shall", and "impossible". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nothing" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "And behold thy cousin Elisabeth she hath..." into verse 38's "And Mary said Behold the handmaid of...", so "nothing" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nothing" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.