¹⁵ He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.^(A)

²² and will eat curds because of the abundance of milk that they give, for everyone left in the land shall eat curds and honey.

⁹ And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight^{(A) 10} to help you to determine what really matters, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless,

³⁵ The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born^[a] will be holy; he will be called Son of God.^(A)

⁴ Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.^(A)

Marks of the True Christian

⁹ Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good;

⁵² And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years^[a] and in divine and human favor.^(A)

⁴⁰ The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.^(A)