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 broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
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In Context
19and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
Cross References
Genesis 3:15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying,
Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
Psalms 147:3He heals the broken in heart, 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 →