Luke 4:18

Modern English Version

“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 broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed;

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise 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 those who dwell here, and you have brought yourself low before Me and torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you, declares the Lord.

Psalm 102:20

to hear the groaning of the prisoners, to release those who were appointed to die,

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His anointed, saying,

Psalm 2:6

“I have set My king on Zion, My holy hill.”

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near to the broken-hearted, and saves the contrite of spirit.

Psalm 45:7

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

The eyes of those who see shall not be blinded, and the ears of those who hear shall listen.

Isaiah 35:5

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

Isaiah 42:7

to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Isaiah 45:13

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways; he shall build My city, and he shall let My captives go, neither for price nor reward, says the Lord of Hosts.

Isaiah 49:9

saying to the prisoners, “Go forth,” to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.” They shall feed along the paths, and their pastures shall be in all desolate heights;

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I may know how to sustain him who is weary with a word; He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear to listen as the learned.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 59:21

As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says the Lord: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your descendants, nor out of the mouth of your descendants’ descendants, says the Lord, from this time forth and forever.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand made all those things, thus all those things have come to be, says the Lord. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at My word.

Ezekiel 9:4

And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan for all the abominations that are done in its midst.”

Daniel 9:24

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

Zephaniah 3:12

But I will leave in your midst a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the Lord.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was broken that day, and the afflicted of the flock were watching me and knew that this 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. You will go out and grow up like calves from the stall.

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive their 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 render judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 12:20

A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not quench, until He renders judgment unto victory;

Matthew 4:16

The people who sat in darkness saw great light. And on those who sat in the land of the shadow of death, light has dawned.”

Matthew 5:3

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

Luke 4:17

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. When He had unrolled the scroll, He found the place where it was written:

Luke 6:20

He lifted up His eyes on His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 7:22

So Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the gospel is preached to the poor.

John 1:41

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

John 12:46

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not remain in darkness.

John 3:34

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

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who 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 and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth came, and the rulers were assembled together against the Lord and against His Christ.’

Acts 4:27

Indeed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were assembled together against Your holy Son Jesus whom You have anointed,

Colossians 1:13

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of His dear Son,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which 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 God’s own possession, so that you may declare the goodness of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.