Acts 1:8

8. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Acts 2:1-4

1. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
2. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
4. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Luke 3:21-22

21. When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened
22. 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."

Luke 4:1-19

1. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert,
2. where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
3. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."
4. Jesus answered, "It is written: `Man does not live on bread alone.' "
5. The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
6. And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.
7. So if you worship me, it will all be yours."
8. Jesus answered, "It is written: `Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.' "
9. The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down from here.
10. For it is written: "`He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully;
11. they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.' "
12. Jesus answered, "It says: `Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' "
13. When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
14. Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.
15. He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
16. He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read.
17. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18. "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,
19. to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

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