Luke 1:15

Bible in Basic English 1965

For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

Genesis 48:19

But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.

1 Chronicles 17:8

And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

1 Chronicles 29:12

Wealth and honour come from you, and you are ruler over all, and in your hand is power and strength; it is in your power to make great, and to give strength to all.

Psalm 22:9

But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

Jeremiah 1:5

Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.

Jeremiah 35:6

But they said, We will take no wine: for Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, gave us orders, saying, You are to take no wine, you or your sons, for ever:

Leviticus 10:9

Take no wine, or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of meeting, that it may not be the cause of death to you; this is an order for ever through all your generations.

Zechariah 9:15

The Lord of armies will be a cover for them; and they will overcome, crushing under foot the armed men; they will take their blood for drink like wine: they will be full like the sides of the altar.

Luke 1:14

And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

Luke 7:28

I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

Luke 7:33

For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

John 5:35

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

Acts 2:4

And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

Galatians 1:15

But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

Ephesians 5:18

And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

Joshua 3:7

And the Lord said to Joshua, From now on I will give you glory in the eyes of all Israel, so that they may see that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

Joshua 4:14

That day the Lord made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel; and all the days of his life they went in fear of him, as they had gone in fear of Moses.