Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way: when his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.

But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him.

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Then his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.

for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased! I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

He said to them, "How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord', saying,

Watch and pray, so that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove.

The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.

Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,

And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was outside in the deserted places; and people came to him from every quarter.

And immediately, when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, he said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"

because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.

And when he had come out of the boat, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

For he had said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

But a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard about him, and she came and fell at his feet.

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation."

And one of the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, who has a mute spirit.

And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast out the spirit, but they could not."

And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again."

And the spirit cried out, convulsed him terribly, and came out. And the boy was like a corpse; so that many of them said, "He is dead."

And many spread their garments on the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.

David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: 'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand till I put your enemies under your feet."'

And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand what you are to say. But say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

And he will go 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 just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

"My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

Now his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:

And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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

So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of him went out through all the surrounding country.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,

And this report about him spread throughout all Judea and all the surrounding country.

For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was kept under guard, bound with chains and shackles; and he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the wilderness.

Then her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat.

And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and will hardly leave him, bruising him.

While he was coming, the demon threw him and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

At that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it was your good pleasure.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."

And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

And as he went along, many spread their garments on the road.

And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." And having said this, he breathed his last.

But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit.

See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have."

And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and they are life.

Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; but you know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

"But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify of me.

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak; and he will tell you things to come.

So when Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished!" And he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

Then the saying spread among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?"

until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

for John baptized with water, but before many days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth."

"Brethren, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

'And in the last days it shall be, God says, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;