Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he hath sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty the oppressed,

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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

17And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah; and unrolling the book, he found the place where it was written,

19to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2Why do the kings of the earth rise up, And the princes combine together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed king?

Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Psalms 51:17The sacrifice which God loveth is a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart, O God! thou wilt not despise!

Psalms 107:10They dwelt in darkness and the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron;

Psalms 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth 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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