For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must drink no wine nor strong drink, and so he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth.

Then I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Go on taking your ease; continue to eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

So you must stop seeking what to eat and what to drink, and must stop being in suspense about these things.

But if that slave says to himself, my Master is not coming back for a long time, and begins to beat the men and women slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'

but will not rather say to him, 'Get my supper ready, and dress yourself and wait on me until I eat and drink, and you yourself can eat and drink afterward'?

People continued to eat, drink, marry, and be married, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.

It was so in the time of Lot; people continued to eat, drink, buy, sell, plant, and build;

for I tell you, I shall not after today drink the product of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."