Luke 1:11-20
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And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of z the altar of incense.
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And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and a fear fell upon him.
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But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for b your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and c you shall call his name John.
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And you will have joy and gladness, and many will d rejoice at his birth,
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for he will be e great before the Lord. And f he must not drink wine or strong g drink, and g he will be h filled with the Holy Spirit, i even from his mother's womb.
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And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God,
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and j he will go before him k in the spirit and power of Elijah, l to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and m the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, n to make ready for the Lord a people prepared."
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And Zechariah said to the angel, o "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years."
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And the angel answered him, "I am p Gabriel. q I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
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And behold, r you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."
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Exodus 30:1 - 10
You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
Exodus 40:26 - 27
He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil.
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Acts 19:17
And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
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Acts 10:4
And he stared at him in terror and said, "What is it, Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.
Acts 10:31
And said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.
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Luke 1:60
But his mother answered, "No; he shall be called John.
Luke 1:63
And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they all wondered.
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Luke 1:58
And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
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Luke 7:28
I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
Matthew 11:11
Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
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Luke 7:33
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread a...
Numbers 6:3
He shall separate himself from wine and strong ...
Judges 13:4
Therefore be careful and drink no wine or stron...
Judges 13:7
But he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive ...
Judges 13:14
She may not eat of anything that comes from the...
Matthew 11:18
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and ...
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Acts 2:15
For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
Acts 2:17
'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
Ephesians 5:18
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.
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Acts 2:15
For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
Acts 2:17
And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
Ephesians 5:18
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.
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Luke 1:41
And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Luke 1:67
And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying.
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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Isaiah 49:1
Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.
Isaiah 49:5
And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him - for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength -
Jeremiah 1:5
"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."
Galatians 1:15
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace.
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Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways.
John 3:28
You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.
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Matthew 11:14
And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
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Malachi 4:6
And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.
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Romans 10:21
But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.
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Luke 7:27
This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 11:10
This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
Mark 1:2
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way.
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Genesis 15:8
But he said, "O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
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Luke 1:26
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth.
Daniel 8:16
And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, and it called, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.
Daniel 9:21
While I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.
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Revelation 8:2
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.
Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Matthew 18:10
See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
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Ezekiel 3:26
And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 24:27
On that day your mouth will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.
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