Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 3:15I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.
Psalms 34:18The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles.
Psalms 51:17O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
Psalms 107:10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.
Psalms 147:3in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.
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 →