Luke 1:15

New American Bible - revised edition

for he will be great in the sight of [the] Lord. He will drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb,

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused. “I know it, son,” he said, “I know. That one too shall become a people, and he too shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall surpass him, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

1 Chronicles 17:8

I was with you wherever you went, and I cut down all your enemies before you. I will make your name like that of the greatest on the earth.

1 Chronicles 29:12

Riches and glory are from you, and you have dominion over all. In your hand are power and might; it is yours to give greatness and strength to all.

Psalm 22:9

“He relied on the Lord—let him deliver him; if he loves him, let him rescue him.”

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.

Jeremiah 35:6

“We do not drink wine,” they said to me; “Jonadab, Rechab’s son, our father, commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your children shall ever drink wine.

Leviticus 10:9

When you are to go to the tent of meeting, you and your sons are forbidden, by a perpetual statute throughout your generations, to drink any wine or strong drink, lest you die.

Zechariah 9:15

The Lord of hosts will protect them; they will devour and conquer with sling stones, they will drink and become heated as with wine; they will be full like bowls—like the corners of the altar.

Luke 1:14

And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,

Luke 7:28

I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Luke 7:33

For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’

John 5:35

He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light.

Acts 2:4

And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.

Galatians 1:15

But when [God], who from my mother’s womb had set me apart and called me through his grace, was pleased

Ephesians 5:18

And do not get drunk on wine, in which lies debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Joshua 3:7

Then the Lord said to Joshua: Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

Joshua 4:14

That day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and so during his whole life they feared him as they had feared Moses.