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

³⁵ The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

⁴¹ When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

²³ (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),^(A)

²⁶ It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.^[a]

²² and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”

4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness