Luke 4:18

“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 heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

In Context

17the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up 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 →

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