Luke 4:18

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,

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  • 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,

  • 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,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The Spirit{G4151} of the Lord{G2962} is upon{G1909} me,{G1691} Because{G1752} he anointed{G5548} me{G3165} to preach good tidings{G2097} to the poor:{G4434} He hath sent{G649} me{G3165} to proclaim{G2784} release{G859} to the captives,{G164} And{G2532} recovering of sight{G309} to the blind,{G5185} To set{G649} at{G1722} liberty{G859} them that are bruised,{G3739}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The Spirit{G4151} of the Lord{G2962} is upon{G1909} me{G1691}, because{G1752} he hath anointed{G5548}{(G5656)} me{G3165} to preach the gospel{G2097}{(G5733)} to the poor{G4434}; he hath sent{G649}{(G5758)} me{G3165} to heal{G2390}{(G5664)} the brokenhearted{G4937}{(G5772)}{G2588}, to preach{G2784}{(G5658)} deliverance{G859} to the captives{G164}, and{G2532} recovering of sight{G309} to the blind{G5185}, to set{G649}{(G5658)} at{G1722} liberty{G859} them that are bruised{G2352}{(G5772)},

  • 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 Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
  • Matt 11:5 : 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.
  • Ps 146:7-8 : 7 Who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners: 8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises 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: who went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.
  • Luke 7:22 : 22 Then Jesus answering said to them, Go your way, and tell John what things you have seen and heard: how the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
  • 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines. 9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
  • Isa 42:16-18 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way they do not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in carved images, that say to the molded images, 'You are our gods.' 18 Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
  • Isa 32:3 : 3 And the eyes of those who see shall not be dim, and the ears of those who hear shall listen.
  • Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
  • Isa 42:7 : 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.
  • Acts 26:18 : 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 inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
  • Isa 29:18-19 : 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people which sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light has sprung up.
  • Isa 52:2-3 : 2 Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bands of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 3 For thus says the LORD, You have sold yourselves for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.
  • Matt 9:27-30 : 27 And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Son of David, have mercy on us. 28 And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. 29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus sternly charged them, saying, See that no man knows it.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has transferred us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
  • 1 Thess 5:5-6 : 5 You are all children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch and be sober.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
  • Luke 6:20 : 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
  • 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 and righteousness and truth;) 10 Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
  • John 1:41 : 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, We have found the Messiah, (which is translated, the Christ.)
  • John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him.
  • John 9:39-41 : 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see; and that those who see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
  • Matt 5:3 : 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  • Isa 59:21-60:2 : 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: My Spirit that 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 the descendants of your descendants, says the Lord, from this time forth and forever. 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you.
  • Matt 12:20 : 20 A bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he brings forth judgment to victory.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those things my hand has made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in it.
  • Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
  • Zeph 3:12 : 12 I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
  • Zech 9:11-12 : 11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit where there is no water. 12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today I declare that I will restore double to you;
  • Zech 11:11 : 11 It was broken on that day, and so the poor of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings, and you shall go forth and grow up like stall-fed calves.
  • Isa 49:24-25 : 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? 25 But thus says the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned.
  • Isa 45:13 : 13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build My city, and he shall let go My captives, not for price nor reward, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Ps 147:3 : 3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
  • Isa 11:2-5 : 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge by what his eyes see, nor reprove by what his ears hear: 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.
  • 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place and against the inhabitants of it, and humbled yourself before me, and tore your clothes, and wept before me; I have even heard you also, says the LORD.
  • Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
  • Ps 34:18 : 18 The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart; and saves such as have a contrite spirit.
  • Ps 45:7 : 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.
  • Ps 51:17 : 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
  • Ps 102:20 : 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to release those appointed to death,
  • Ps 107:10-16 : 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron apart.
  • Acts 4:27 : 27 For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 61:1-2
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    1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

    2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;

  • Luke 4:19-21
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    86%

    19 to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

    20 And he closed the book, and gave it back to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all those in the synagogue were fixed on him.

    21 And he began to say to them, Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.

  • Luke 4:16-17
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    16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

    17 And there was handed to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

  • Matt 11:4-5
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    4 Jesus answered and said to them, Go and show John again those things which you hear and see:

    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.

  • Luke 7:21-22
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    21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.

    22 Then Jesus answering said to them, Go your way, and tell John what things you have seen and heard: how the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

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    37 That word, I say, you know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

    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.

  • 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.

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    17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

    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 show judgment to the Gentiles.

  • 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

  • Matt 4:16-17
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    16 The people which sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light has sprung up.

    17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  • 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  • 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.

  • 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

  • 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • 77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins,

  • 23 And Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.

  • 14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

  • 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

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    30 And great multitudes came to him, having with them those that were lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and laid them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

    31 So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the mute speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

  • Luke 4:43-44
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    43 And he said to them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.

    44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

  • 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons: freely you have received, freely give.

  • 9 And heal the sick there, and say to them, The kingdom of God has come near to you.

  • 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

  • 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

  • Mark 1:38-39
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    38 And he said to them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, for therefore I came forth.

    39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.

  • 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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

  • 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

  • 15 For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.

  • 11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him; and he received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.

  • 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

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    40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them.

    41 These things Isaiah said when he saw his glory and spoke of him.

  • 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a fame of him spread through all the surrounding region.

  • 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

  • 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out demons:

  • 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.

  • 10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.