Isaiah 61:1

New American Bible - revised edition

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted, to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, release to the prisoners,

Cross References

Psalm 102:20

“The Lord looked down from the holy heights, viewed the earth from heaven,

Psalm 147:3

Healing the brokenhearted, and binding up their wounds.

Psalm 149:4

For the Lord takes delight in his people, honors the poor with victory.

Psalm 2:6

“I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

Psalm 22:26

I will offer praise in the great assembly; my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.

Psalm 25:9

He guides the humble in righteousness, and teaches the humble his way.

Psalm 34:18

The righteous cry out, the Lord hears and he rescues them from all their afflictions.

Psalm 45:7

Your throne, O God, stands forever; your royal scepter is a scepter for justice.

Psalm 51:17

Lord, you will open my lips; and my mouth will proclaim your praise.

Psalm 68:7

God gives a home to the forsaken, who leads prisoners out to prosperity, while rebels live in the desert.

Psalm 69:32

That will please the Lord more than oxen, more than bulls with horns and hooves:

Exodus 28:41

With these you shall clothe your brother Aaron and his sons. Anoint and install them, consecrating them as my priests.

Exodus 29:7

Then take the anointing oil and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

Isaiah 29:19

The lowly shall again find joy in the Lord, the poorest rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 30:19

Yes, people of Zion, dwelling in Jerusalem, you shall no longer weep; He will be most gracious to you when you cry out; as soon as he hears he will answer you.

Isaiah 30:26

The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times greater, like the light of seven days, On the day the Lord binds up the wounds of his people and heals the bruises left by his blows.

Isaiah 32:7

The deceits of the deceiver are evil, he plans devious schemes: To ruin the poor with lies, and the needy when they plead their case.

Isaiah 40:9

Go up onto a high mountain, Zion, herald of good news! Cry out at the top of your voice, Jerusalem, herald of good news! Cry out, do not fear! Say to the cities of Judah: Here is your God!

Isaiah 42:1

Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased. Upon him I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:7

To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.

Isaiah 48:16

Come near to me and hear this! From the beginning I did not speak in secret; At the time it happens, I am there: “Now the Lord God has sent me, and his spirit.”

Isaiah 49:9

To say to the prisoners: Come out! To those in darkness: Show yourselves! Along the roadways they shall find pasture, on every barren height shall their pastures be.

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the one bringing good news, Announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, saying to Zion, “Your God is King!”

Isaiah 52:9

Break out together in song, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord has comforted his people, has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One, the One who dwells forever, whose name is holy: I dwell in a high and holy place, but also with the contrite and lowly of spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, to revive the heart of the crushed.

Isaiah 57:18

I saw their ways, but I will heal them. I will lead them and restore full comfort to them and to those who mourn for them,

Isaiah 59:21

This is my covenant with them, which I myself have made, says the Lord: My spirit which is upon you and my words that I have put in your mouth Shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your children Nor the mouths of your children’s children from this time forth and forever, says the Lord.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things when all of them came to be—oracle of the Lord. This is the one whom I approve: the afflicted one, crushed in spirit, who trembles at my word.

Jeremiah 34:8

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom:

Jeremiah 52:33

Jehoiachin took off his prison garb and ate at the king’s table as long as he lived.

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and for your holy city: Then transgression will stop and sin will end, guilt will be expiated, Everlasting justice will be introduced, vision and prophecy ratified, and a holy of holies will be anointed.

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let us return to the Lord, For it is he who has torn, but he will heal us; he has struck down, but he will bind our wounds.

Leviticus 7:35

This is the priestly share from the oblations for the Lord, allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day they were brought forth to be the priests of the Lord,

Micah 3:8

But as for me, I am filled with power, with the spirit of the Lord, with justice and with might; To declare to Jacob his crimes and to Israel his sins.

Matthew 11:5

the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

Matthew 3:16

After Jesus was baptized, he came up from the water and behold, the heavens were opened [for him], and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove [and] coming upon him.

Luke 7:22

And he said to them in reply, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

John 1:41

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated Anointed).

John 3:34

For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit.

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Acts 26:18

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

Acts 4:27

Indeed they gathered in this city against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed, Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 7:6

But God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus,

Hebrews 1:9

You loved justice and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions”;