Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options
Close NLT

Isaiah 61:1
New Living Translation

Good News for the Oppressed

61 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,
    for the Lord has anointed me
    to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
    and to proclaim that captives will be released
    and prisoners will be freed.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 61:1 Greek version reads and the blind will see. Compare Luke 4:18.
Listen to Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18-19, Luke 7:22, Isaiah 42:7, Matthew 11:5, Psalm 147:3, Isaiah 42:1, Zechariah 9:11-12, Isaiah 57:15, Acts 10:38, Isaiah 11:2-5, Isaiah 49:9, Psalm 34:18
Close NIV

Isaiah 61:1
New International Version

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit(A) of the Sovereign Lord(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed(C) me
    to proclaim good news(D) to the poor.(E)
He has sent me to bind up(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom(G) for the captives(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind
Next
Isaiah 60
Isaiah 62
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Luke 4:18-19
New Living Translation

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
    for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
    that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,
19     and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.[a]”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 4:18-19 Or and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. Isa 61:1-2 (Greek version); 58:6.
Close NIV

Luke 4:18-19
New International Version

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,(A)
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news(B) to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19     to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[a](C)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:19 Isaiah 61:1,2 (see Septuagint); Isaiah 58:6
Next
Luke 3
Luke 5
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Luke 7:22
New Living Translation

22 Then he told John’s disciples, “Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard—the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.”

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Luke 7:22
New International Version

22 So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.(A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:22 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
Next
Luke 6
Luke 8
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Isaiah 42:7
New Living Translation

7     You will open the eyes of the blind.
You will free the captives from prison,
    releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Isaiah 42:7
New International Version

7 to open eyes that are blind,(A)
    to free(B) captives from prison(C)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(D)

Read full chapter
Next
Isaiah 41
Isaiah 43
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Matthew 11:5
New Living Translation

5 the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.”

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Matthew 11:5
New International Version

5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.(A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:5 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
Next
Matthew 10
Matthew 12
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Psalm 147:3
New Living Translation

3 He heals the brokenhearted
    and bandages their wounds.

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Psalm 147:3
New International Version

3 He heals the brokenhearted(A)
    and binds up their wounds.(B)

Read full chapter
Next
Psalm 146
Psalm 148
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Isaiah 42:1
New Living Translation

The Lord’s Chosen Servant

42 “Look at my servant, whom I strengthen.
    He is my chosen one, who pleases me.
I have put my Spirit upon him.
    He will bring justice to the nations.

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Isaiah 42:1
New International Version

The Servant of the Lord

42 “Here is my servant,(A) whom I uphold,
    my chosen one(B) in whom I delight;(C)
I will put my Spirit(D) on him,
    and he will bring justice(E) to the nations.(F)

Read full chapter
Next
Isaiah 41
Isaiah 43
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Zechariah 9:11-12
New Living Translation

11 Because of the covenant I made with you,
    sealed with blood,
I will free your prisoners
    from death in a waterless dungeon.
12 Come back to the place of safety,
    all you prisoners who still have hope!
I promise this very day
    that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Zechariah 9:11-12
New International Version

11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant(A) with you,
    I will free your prisoners(B) from the waterless pit.(C)
12 Return to your fortress,(D) you prisoners of hope;
    even now I announce that I will restore twice(E) as much to you.

Read full chapter
Next
Zechariah 8
Zechariah 10
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Isaiah 57:15
New Living Translation

15 The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,
    the Holy One, says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
    with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
    and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Isaiah 57:15
New International Version

15 For this is what the high and exalted(A) One says—
    he who lives forever,(B) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high(C) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite(D) and lowly in spirit,(E)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.(F)

Read full chapter
Next
Isaiah 56
Isaiah 58
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Acts 10:38
New Living Translation

38 And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Acts 10:38
New International Version

38 how God anointed(A) Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing(B) all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.(C)

Read full chapter
Next
Acts 9
Acts 11
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Isaiah 11:2-5
New Living Translation

2 And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
    the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 He will delight in obeying the Lord.
    He will not judge by appearance
    nor make a decision based on hearsay.
4 He will give justice to the poor
    and make fair decisions for the exploited.
The earth will shake at the force of his word,
    and one breath from his mouth will destroy the wicked.
5 He will wear righteousness like a belt
    and truth like an undergarment.

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Isaiah 11:2-5
New International Version

2 The Spirit(A) of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom(B) and of understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and of might,(C)
    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3 and he will delight in the fear(D) of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,(E)
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;(F)
4 but with righteousness(G) he will judge the needy,(H)
    with justice(I) he will give decisions for the poor(J) of the earth.
He will strike(K) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(L)
    with the breath(M) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(N)
5 Righteousness will be his belt(O)
    and faithfulness(P) the sash around his waist.(Q)

Read full chapter
Next
Isaiah 10
Isaiah 12
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Isaiah 49:9
New Living Translation

9 I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’
    and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’
They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures
    and on hills that were previously bare.

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Isaiah 49:9
New International Version

9 to say to the captives,(A) ‘Come out,’
    and to those in darkness,(B) ‘Be free!’

“They will feed beside the roads
    and find pasture on every barren hill.(C)

Read full chapter
Next
Isaiah 48
Isaiah 50
Next
Previous Next
Close NLT

Psalm 34:18
New Living Translation

18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;
    he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

Read full chapter
Close NIV

Psalm 34:18
New International Version

18 The Lord is close(A) to the brokenhearted(B)
    and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Read full chapter
Next
Psalm 33
Psalm 35
Next
dropdown
New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.

July Summer Surge

More on the NIV