Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,
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In Context
19To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.
Cross References
Genesis 3:15And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,
Psalms 34:18\34:17\The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.
Psalms 51:17\51:15\O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.
Psalms 107:10Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
Psalms 147:3He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on their wounds.
Matthew Henry on Luke 4:15-31
Christ in the Synagogue of Nazareth; Christ Driven from Nazareth. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he… Read the whole commentary →