Luke 4:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    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 brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    The sprete of the LORde vpon me because he hath annoynted me: to preache ye gospell to ye poore he hath sent me: and to heale the broken harted: to preache delyverauce to the captive and sight to the blinde and frely to set at lyberte them that are brused

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The sprete of the LORDE is with me, because he hath anoynted me: to preach the Gospell vnto ye poore hath he sent me: to heale the broken harted: to preach delyuerauce to the captyue, and sight to the blynde: and frely to set at liberty them that are brused:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The Spirit of the Lorde is vpon mee, because he hath anoynted me, that I should preach the Gospel to the poore: he hath sent mee, that I should heale the broken hearted, that I should preach deliuerance to the captiues, and recouering of sight to the blinde, that I should set at libertie them that are bruised:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The spirite of the Lord vpon me, because he hath annoynted me, to preache the Gospel to the poore he hath sent me, to heale the broken hearted, to preache deliueraunce to the captiue, & recouering of syght to the blynde, freely to set at libertie them that are bruised:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹The Spirit of the Lord› [is] ‹upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "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 heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to the captives, Recovering of sight to the blind, To deliver those who are crushed,

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `The Spirit of the Lord `is' upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "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 heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon 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 release to the prisoners.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.
  • Ps 146:7-8 : 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, 8 The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
  • Luke 7:22 : 22 He replied to them, 'Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.'
  • Isa 42:16-18 : 16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; along unfamiliar paths, I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them into light and make the rough places level. These are the things I will do, and I will not abandon them. 17 They will be turned back; they will be utterly ashamed—those who trust in carved idols and say to molten images, 'You are our gods.' 18 Hear, you deaf! Look, you blind, that you may see!
  • 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness. 10 Whoever loves their brother or sister abides in the light, and in them there is no cause for stumbling.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
  • Isa 32:3 : 3 The eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.
  • Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
  • Isa 42:7 : 7 To open blind eyes, to bring prisoners out from the dungeon, and to release those who dwell in darkness from their confinement.
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 To say to the captives, 'Come out,' and to those in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' They will feed along the roads and find pasture on every barren hill.
  • Isa 29:18-19 : 18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see. 19 The humble will rejoice in the LORD, and the needy among mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who were sitting in the region and shadow of death, light has dawned upon them.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves,
  • 1 Thess 5:5-6 : 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  • Isa 52:2-3 : 2 Shake off the dust, rise up; sit enthroned, Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains around your neck, captive Daughter of Zion. 3 For this is what the LORD says: You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money.
  • Matt 9:27-30 : 27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, 'Have mercy on us, Son of David!' 28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, 'Do you believe that I can do this?' 'Yes, Lord,' they replied. 29 Then he touched their eyes and said, 'According to your faith let it be done to you.' 30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, saying, 'Make sure no one knows about this.'
  • John 1:41 : 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, 'We have found the Messiah' (which means Christ).
  • John 3:34 : 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.
  • John 9:39-41 : 39 Jesus said, 'For judgment I came into this world, so that those who are blind may see and those who see may become blind.' 40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this and asked, 'Are we also blind?' 41 Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
  • Matt 5:3 : 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • Luke 6:20 : 20 Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • Eph 5:8-9 : 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.) 10 Prove what is well-pleasing to the Lord. 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of what they do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is made visible is light. 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • Acts 4:27 : 27 'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted One says—he who lives forever, whose name is holy: 'I dwell in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.'
  • Isa 59:21-60:2 : 21 As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says the LORD. My Spirit, who is upon you, and My words, that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your children or your children's children, from now on and forever, says the LORD. 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 2 For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the nations, but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 My hand made all these things, and so all these came into being,' declares the Lord. 'But I will look to this one: to the humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 The LORD said to him, 'Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and mark a sign on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable things being done within it.'
  • Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  • Zeph 3:12 : 12 But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly; they shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD.
  • Zech 9:11-12 : 11 As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. 12 Return to your stronghold, prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
  • Zech 11:11 : 11 So it was broken on that day, and the oppressed of the flock who were watching me understood that this was the word of the LORD.
  • Matt 12:20 : 20 A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, until He leads justice to victory.
  • Isa 49:24-25 : 24 Can plunder be taken from the mighty, or can captives of a righteous man be freed? 25 But this is what the Lord says: 'Yes, the captives of the mighty will be taken, and the prey of the ruthless will be rescued. I will contend with those who oppose you, and I will save your children.'
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Sovereign LORD has given me the tongue of the learned, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear to listen like one being taught.
  • Isa 45:13 : 13 I have raised him up in righteousness and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, not for a price or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Ps 147:3 : 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
  • Isa 11:2-5 : 2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest upon him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and reverence for the LORD. 3 And his delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear. 4 But he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. 5 Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his hips.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 'And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.'
  • 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and its inhabitants, and because you tore your clothes and wept in My presence, I have heard you,' declares the LORD.
  • Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 I have installed My King on Zion, My holy mountain.
  • Ps 34:18 : 18 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles.
  • Ps 45:7 : 7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of righteousness.
  • Ps 51:17 : 17 Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
  • Ps 102:20 : 20 For he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD observed the earth,
  • Ps 107:10-16 : 10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains. 11 For they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. 12 So He humbled their hearts with labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. 13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their chains apart. 15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His steadfast love and His wonderful deeds for mankind. 16 For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

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    1The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon 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 release to the prisoners.

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    19to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.

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    79to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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    77to give His people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

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    14After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God.

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  • John 12:38
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  • Mark 1:38-39
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    38Jesus replied, 'Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also, for that is why I have come.'

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  • Isa 29:18
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    18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

  • John 12:40-41
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    15And to give them authority to heal diseases and to cast out demons.

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    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.