Luke 1:14-18

English Standard Version

¹⁴ And you will have joy and gladness, and many will ^(A)rejoice at his birth, ¹⁵ for he will be ^(B)great before the Lord. And ^(C)he must not drink wine or strong ^(D)drink, and ^(E)he will be ^(F)filled with the Holy Spirit, ^(G)even from his mother's womb. ¹⁶ And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, ¹⁷ and ^(H)he will go before him ^(I)in the spirit and power of Elijah, ^(J)to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and ^(K)the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, ^(L)to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

¹⁸ And Zechariah said to the angel, ^(M)“How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”