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15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink; even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.(A)

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“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”(A)

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18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,(A)

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15 But when the one[a] who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased(A)

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  1. 1.15 Other ancient authorities read God

33 “For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon’;(A)

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14 On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him, as they had stood in awe of Moses all the days of his life.(A)

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All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.(A)

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and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies before you, and I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones of the earth.

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Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink or to eat anything unclean,(A) for you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor is to come on his head, for the boy shall be a nazirite to God from birth. It is he who shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”(B) Then the woman came and told her husband, “A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like that of an angel[a] of God, most awe-inspiring; I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name,(C)

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  1. 13.6 Or the angel

The Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with you as I was with Moses.(A)

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“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When either men or women make a special vow, the vow of a nazirite, to separate themselves to the Lord,(A) they shall separate themselves from wine and strong drink; they shall drink no wine vinegar or other vinegar and shall not drink any grape juice or eat grapes, fresh or dried. All their days as nazirites they shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.

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28 “I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John, yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

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15 The Lord of hosts will protect them,
    and they shall consume and conquer the slingers;[a]
they shall drink their blood[b] like wine
    and be full like a bowl,
    drenched like the corners of the altar.(A)

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  1. 9.15 Cn: Heb the slingstones
  2. 9.15 Gk: Heb they roared

Yet it was you who took me from the womb;
    you kept me safe on my mother’s breast.(A)

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12 Riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all.(A)

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19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”(A)

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I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.(A)

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Peter Addresses the Crowd

14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews[a] and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.(A) 16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
    and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
    and your old men shall dream dreams.(B)
18 Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
    in those days I will pour out my Spirit,
        and they shall prophesy.(C)

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  1. 2.14 Gk Men, Judeans

35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.(A)

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What, then, did you go out to see? A prophet?[a] Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.(A) 10 This is the one about whom it is written,

‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way before you.’(B)

11 “Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist, yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,[b] and violent people take it by force.(C) 13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John came, 14 and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.(D) 15 Let anyone with ears[c] listen!(E)

16 “But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,

17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
    we wailed, and you did not mourn.’

18 “For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon’; 19 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”[d](F)

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  1. 11.9 Other ancient authorities read Why, then, did you go out? To see a prophet?
  2. 11.12 Or has been coming violently
  3. 11.15 Other ancient authorities add to hear
  4. 11.19 Other ancient authorities read children