But I will keep my covenant with your son Isaac, who will be born to Sarah about this time next year."

One of them said, "Nine months from now I will come back, and your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was behind him, at the door of the tent, listening.

Is anything too hard for the LORD? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations, and there will be kings among her descendants."

Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he thought, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?"

But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son. You are to name him John.

The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary; God has been gracious to you.

You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

Some men from Jericho went to Elisha and said, "As you know, sir, this is a fine city, but the water is bad and causes miscarriages."

The woman said to him, "Sir, did I ask you for a son? Didn't I tell you not to get my hopes up?"

Elisha sent a servant out to tell him to go and wash himself seven times in the Jordan River, and he would be completely cured of his disease.

But Naaman left in a rage, saying, "I thought that he would at least come out to me, pray to the LORD his God, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and cure me!

So Sarah laughed to herself and said, "Now that I am old and worn out, can I still enjoy sex? And besides, my husband is old too."

Is anything too hard for the LORD? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

She said to Elijah, "Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?"

Obadiah answered, "What have I done that you want to put me in danger of being killed by King Ahab?

even when I was afraid and said, "No one can be trusted."

Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know if this is so? I am an old man, and my wife is old also."

But you have not believed my message, which will come true at the right time. Because you have not believed, you will be unable to speak; you will remain silent until the day my promise to you comes true."