Luke 1:15

New English Translation

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

1 Chronicles 17:8

I was with you wherever you went and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.

1 Chronicles 29:12

You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all.

Psalm 22:9

Yes, you are the one who brought me out from the womb and made me feel secure on my mother’s breasts.

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 35:6

But they answered, “We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us, ‘You and your children must never drink wine.

Leviticus 10:9

“Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you enter into the Meeting Tent, so that you do not die, which is a perpetual statute throughout your generations,

Zechariah 9:15

The Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar.

Luke 1:14

Joy and gladness will come to you, 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 one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is.”

Luke 7:33

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

John 5:35

He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

Acts 2:4

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

Galatians 1:15

But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased

Ephesians 5:18

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

Joshua 3:7

The Lord told Joshua, “This very day I will begin to honor you before all Israel so they will know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.

Joshua 4:14

That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected him all his life, just as they had respected Moses.