¹⁵ for he will be ^(A)great before the Lord. And ^(B)he must not drink wine or strong ^(C)drink, and ^(D)he will be ^(E)filled with the Holy Spirit, ^(F)even from his mother's womb.

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

⁴¹ And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth ^(A)was filled with the Holy Spirit,

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

²⁶ And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not ^(A)see death before he had seen ^(B)the Lord's Christ.

²² and ^(A)the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and ^(B)a voice came from heaven, ^(C)“You are my beloved Son;^[a] with you I am well pleased.”^[b]

The Temptation of Jesus

4 ^(A)And Jesus, ^(B)full of the Holy Spirit, ^(C)returned from the Jordan and was led ^(D)by the Spirit in the wilderness