15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord,
and he must never drink wine or beer,
and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit
    while he is[a] still in his mother’s womb.
16 And he will turn many of the sons of Israel
    to the Lord their God.
17 And he will go on before him
    in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous,
    to prepare for the Lord a people made ready.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:15 Here the phrase “while he is,” including the verb, is understood in Greek and is supplied in the translation