Luke 4:18

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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 proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.

2 Chronicles 34:27

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I Myself have heard’ — this is the Lord’s declaration.

Psalm 102:20

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to set free those condemned to die,

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers conspire together against the Lord and His Anointed One:

Psalm 2:6

“I have consecrated My King on Zion, My holy mountain.”

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near the brokenhearted; He saves those crushed in spirit.

Psalm 45:7

You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy more than your companions.

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart.

Isaiah 32:3

Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

Isaiah 35:5

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

Isaiah 42:7

in order to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.

Isaiah 45:13

I have raised him up in righteousness, and will level all roads for him. He will rebuild My city, and set My exiles free, not for a price or a bribe,” says the Lord of Hosts.

Isaiah 49:9

saying to the prisoners: Come out, and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves. They will feed along the pathways, and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given Me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me each morning; He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed.

Isaiah 57:15

For the High and Exalted One who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this: “I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.

Isaiah 59:21

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit who is on you, and My words that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouth of your children, or from the mouth of your children’s children, from now on and forever,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 61:1

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 brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners;

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will look favorably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at My word.

Ezekiel 9:4

“Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem,” the Lord said to him, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable practices committed in it.”

Daniel 9:24

Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city — to bring the rebellion to an end, to put a stop to sin, to wipe away iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place.

Zephaniah 3:12

I will leave a meek and humble people among you, and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

Zechariah 11:11

It was annulled on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.

Matthew 11:5

the blind see, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

Matthew 12:18

Here is My Servant whom I have chosen, My beloved in whom My soul delights; I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

Matthew 12:20

He will not break a bruised reed, and He will not put out a smoldering wick, until He has led justice to victory.

Matthew 4:16

The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the shadowland of death, light has dawned.

Matthew 5:3

“The poor in spirit are blessed, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Luke 4:17

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written:

Luke 6:20

Then looking up at His disciples, He said: You who are poor are blessed, because the kingdom of God is yours.

Luke 7:22

He replied to them, “Go and report to John the things you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

John 1:41

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah! ” (which means “Anointed One”),

John 12:46

I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me would not remain in darkness.

John 3:34

For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He gives the Spirit without measure.

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the Devil, because God was with Him.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’

Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth took their stand and the rulers assembled together against the Lord and against His Messiah.

Acts 4:27

“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,

Colossians 1:13

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.