Luke 1:15 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹⁵ for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ For he will be great and distinguished in the sight of the Lord. And he must drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit even in and from his mother's womb. [Num. 6:3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ for he will be great in the Lord’s eyes. He must not drink wine and liquor. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before his birth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ For he shall be great before the Lord; and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Luke 1:15 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 12:2

‘I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, ‘I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.’

1 Chronicles 17:8

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men on earth.

1 Chronicles 29:12

Wealth and honour come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.

Psalm 22:9

Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.

Jeremiah 1:5

‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.’

Jeremiah 35:6

But they replied, ‘We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jehonadab son of Rekab gave us this command: “Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine.

Leviticus 10:9

‘You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come,

Zechariah 9:15

and the Lord Almighty will shield them. They will destroy and overcome with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be full like a bowl used for sprinkling the corners of the altar.

Luke 1:14

He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth,

Luke 7:28

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

Luke 7:33

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, “He has a demon.”

John 5:35

John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

Acts 2:4

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

Galatians 1:15

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

Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,

Joshua 3:7

And the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so that they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.

Joshua 4:14

That day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.