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for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.
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And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
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The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
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When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
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and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
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for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name.
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Zechariah’s Song
His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
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(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
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to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant,
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And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.
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Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
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It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.
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Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required,
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John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
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and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.
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“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
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Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit
Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.
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In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,
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“Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
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All the people were amazed and said to each other, “What words these are! With authority and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!”
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who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured,
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At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind.
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and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;
