Luke 4:18

New American Bible - revised edition

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free,

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; They will strike at your head, while you strike at their heel.

2 Chronicles 34:27

because you were heartsick and have humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its inhabitants; because you humbled yourself before me, tore your garments, and wept before me, I in turn have heard—oracle of the Lord.

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 2:2

Kings on earth rise up and princes plot together against the Lord and against his anointed one:

Psalm 2:6

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

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.

Isaiah 32:3

The eyes of those who see will not be closed; the ears of those who hear will be attentive.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind shall see, and the ears of the deaf be opened;

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 45:13

It was I who stirred him up for justice; all his ways I make level. He shall rebuild my city and let my exiles go free Without price or payment, says the Lord of hosts.

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 50:4

The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to answer the weary a word that will waken them. Morning after morning he wakens my ear to hear as disciples do;

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 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 61:1

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,

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.

Ezekiel 9:4

and the Lord said to him: Pass through the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and mark an X on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the abominations practiced within it.

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.

Zephaniah 3:12

But I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, Who shall take refuge in the name of the Lord—

Zechariah 11:11

So it was broken on that day. The merchants of the flock, who were watching me, understood that this was the word of the Lord.

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 12:18

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall place my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Matthew 12:20

A bruised reed he will not break, a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory.

Matthew 4:16

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen.”

Matthew 5:3

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

Luke 4:17

and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:

Luke 6:20

And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.

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 12:46

I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.

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 4:26

The kings of the earth took their stand and the princes gathered together against the Lord and against his anointed.’

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,

Colossians 1:13

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 2:9

But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.