and if he didn’t spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, , when he brought the flood on the world of the ungodly;
The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners;
and have even set up the prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ These rumours will be heard by the king. So come, let’s confer together.