Luke 4:18

Legacy Standard Bible

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed,

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

2 Chronicles 34:27

because your heart was soft 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, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares Yahweh.

Psalm 102:20

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,

Psalm 147:3

He is the One who heals the brokenhearted And who binds up their wounds,

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against Yahweh and against His Anointed, saying,

Psalm 2:6

“But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

Psalm 34:18

Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalm 45:7

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your companions.

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Isaiah 32:3

Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will pay attention.

Isaiah 35:5

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

Isaiah 42:7

To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who inhabit darkness from the prison.

Isaiah 45:13

“I have awakened him in righteousness, And I will make all his ways smooth; He will build My city and will let My exiles go, Without any payment or reward,” says Yahweh of hosts.

Isaiah 49:9

Saying to those who are bound, ‘Go forth,’ To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ Along the roads they will feed, And their pasture will be on all bare heights.

Isaiah 50:4

¶Lord Yahweh has given Me the tongue of disciples, That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One high and lifted up Who dwells forever, whose name is Holy, “I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the crushed and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the crushed.

Isaiah 59:21

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says Yahweh: “My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your seed, nor from the mouth of your seed’s seed,” says Yahweh, “from now and forever.”

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of Lord Yahweh is upon me Because Yahweh has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners,

Isaiah 66:2

“For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being,” declares Yahweh. “But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

Ezekiel 9:4

Yahweh said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being done in its midst.”

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks have been determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.

Zephaniah 3:12

“But I will cause to remain in your midst A lowly and poor people, And they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.

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 forth and skip about like calves from the stall.

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 shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Matthew 12:20

“A battered reed He will not break off, And a smoldering wick He will not put out, Until He leads justice to victory.

Matthew 4:16

The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light, And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death, Upon them a Light dawned.”

Matthew 5:3

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

Luke 4:17

And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Luke 6:20

And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 7:22

And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

John 1:41

He first *found his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ).

John 12:46

I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.

John 3:34

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.

Acts 10:38

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

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’

Acts 4:26

‘The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against His Christ.’

Acts 4:27

For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

Colossians 1:13

Who rescued us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son of His love,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;