Luke 4:18

Catholic Public Domain Version

"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,

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmities between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. She will crush your head, and you will lie in wait for her heel."

2 Chronicles 34:27

and your heart was softened, and you humbled yourself in the sight of God concerning these things which have been said against this place and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and since, revering my face, you have torn your garments, and have wept before me: I also have heeded you, says the Lord.

Psalm 102:20

Bless the Lord, all you his Angels: powerful in virtue, doing his word, in order to heed the voice of his discourse.

Psalm 147:3

He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:

Psalm 2:6

Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

Psalm 34:18

I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people.

Psalm 45:7

The peoples have been disturbed, and the kingdoms have been bowed down. He uttered his voice: the earth has been moved.

Isaiah 32:3

The eyes of those who see will not be obscured, and the ears of those who hear will listen closely.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be cleared.

Isaiah 42:7

so that you may open the eyes of the blind, and lead out the prisoner from confinement and those sitting in darkness from the house of incarceration.

Isaiah 45:13

I have raised him up unto justice, and I will direct all his ways. He himself will build my city and release my captives, but not for ransom or gifts, says the Lord, the God of hosts.

Isaiah 49:9

so that you would say to those who are bound, "Go forth!" and to those who are in darkness, "Be released!" They will pasture along the roads, and their pastures will be in every open place.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord has given me a learned tongue, so that I would know how to uphold with a word, one who has weakened. He rises in the morning, he rises to my ear in the morning, so that I may heed him like a teacher.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 59:21

This is my pact with them, says the Lord. My Spirit is within you, and my words, which I have put in your mouth, will not withdraw from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring's offspring, says the Lord, from this moment, and even forever.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the meek, so as to heal the contrite of heart, to preach leniency to captives and release to the confined,

Isaiah 66:2

My hand has made all these things, and all these things have been made, says the Lord. But upon whom will I look with favor, except upon a poor little one, who is contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my words?

Ezekiel 9:4

And the Lord said to him: "Cross through the middle of the city, in the center of Jerusalem, and seal a Tau upon the foreheads of the grieving men, who are mourning over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst."

Daniel 9:24

Seventy weeks of years are concentrated on your people and on your holy city, so that transgression shall be finished, and sin shall reach an end, and iniquity shall be wiped away, and so that everlasting justice shall be brought in, and vision and prophecy shall be fulfilled, and the Saint of saints shall be anointed.

Zephaniah 3:12

And I will bequeath into your midst a poor and needy people, and they will hope in the name of the Lord.

Zechariah 11:11

And it became invalid in that day. And so they understood, just like the poor of the flock who stay close to me, that this is the word of the Lord.

Malachi 4:2

But unto you, who fear my name, the Sun of justice will arise, and health will be in his wings. And you will go forth and leap like the calves of the herd.

Matthew 11:5

The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor are evangelized.

Matthew 12:18

"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will place my Spirit over him, and he shall announce judgment to the nations.

Matthew 12:20

He shall not crush the bruised reed, and he shall not extinguish the smoking wick, until he sends forth judgment unto victory.

Matthew 4:16

A people who were sitting in darkness have seen a great light. And unto those sitting in the region of the shadow of death, a light has risen."

Matthew 5:3

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

Luke 4:17

And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. And as he unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written:

Luke 6:20

And lifting up his eyes to his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 7:22

And responding, he said to them: "Go and report to John what you have heard and seen: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor are evangelized.

John 1:41

First, he found his brother Simon, and he said to him, "We have found the Messiah," (which is translated as the Christ).

John 12:46

I have arrived as a light to the world, so that all who believe in me might not remain 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, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, traveled around doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil. For God was with him.

Acts 26:18

in order to open their eyes, so that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive the remission of sins and a place among the saints, through the faith that is in me.'

Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ.'

Acts 4:27

For truly Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, joined together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed

Colossians 1:13

For he has rescued us from the power of darkness, and he has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,

James 2:5

My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.