Luke 4:18 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁸ "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel 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 set at liberty those who are oppressed;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity],

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to liberate the oppressed,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this, he has anointed me. He has sent me to evangelize the poor, to heal the contrite of heart,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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,

Luke 4:18 Cross References

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive sight, and the lame[ ]walk; the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf[ ]hear; the dead[ ]are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Matthew 12:18

"Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will announce justice to the Gentiles.

Matthew 12:20

A bruised reed He shall not break, and a smoldering wick He shall not quench, till He bring forth justice to victory;

Matthew 4:16

the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and to those who sat in the land and the shadow of death, light sprang up on them."

Matthew 5:3

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 4:17

And the book of Isaiah the prophet was given to Him. And having unrolled the scroll, He found the place where it was written:

Luke 6:20

Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: "Blessed [are] you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 7:22

Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: that the blind regain sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor are evangelized.

John 1:41

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah"(which is translated, the Christ).

John 12:46

I have come as a light into the world, so that whoever believes in Me may not abide in darkness.

John 3:34

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

Acts 10:38

Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for ]them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were assembled together against the LORD and against His Christ.'

Acts 4:27

"For truly they were assembled against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

Colossians 1:13

He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did God not choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those that love Him?

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's [own] possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;