Isaiah 52:6-10

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⁶Therefore my people will know^(A) my name;^(B)
therefore in that day^(C) they will know
that it is I who foretold^(D) it.
Yes, it is I.”

⁷How beautiful on the mountains^(E)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,^(F)
who proclaim peace,^(G)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”^(H)
⁸Listen! Your watchmen^(I) lift up their voices;^(J)
    together they shout for joy.^(K)
When the Lord returns^(L) to Zion,^(M)
    they will see it with their own eyes.
⁹Burst into songs of joy^(N) together,
    you ruins^(O) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted^(P) his people,
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.^(Q)
¹⁰The Lord will lay bare his holy arm^(R)
    in the sight of all the nations,^(S)
and all the ends of the earth^(T) will see
    the salvation^(U) of our God.

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Isaiah 61:1-9

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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]
²to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor^(I)
    and the day of vengeance^(J) of our God,
to comfort^(K) all who mourn,^(L)
³    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown^(M) of beauty
    instead of ashes,^(N)
the oil^(O) of joy
    instead of mourning,^(P)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting^(Q) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.^(R)

⁴They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(S)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.
⁵Strangers^(T) will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
⁶And you will be called priests^(U) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth^(V) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

⁷Instead of your shame^(W)
    you will receive a double^(X) portion,
and instead of disgrace
    you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit^(Y) a double portion in your land,
    and everlasting joy^(Z) will be yours.

⁸“For I, the Lord, love justice;^(AA)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant^(AB) with them.
⁹Their descendants^(AC) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”^(AD)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

Luke 4:14-21

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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

¹⁴Jesus returned to Galilee^(A) in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.^(B) ¹⁵He was teaching in their synagogues,^(C) and everyone praised him.

¹⁶He went to Nazareth,^(D) where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue,^(E) as was his custom. He stood up to read,^(F) ¹⁷and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,^(G)
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news^(H) 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]^(I)

²⁰Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.^(J) The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. ²¹He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled^(K) in your hearing.”

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Footnotes

Luke 4:19 Isaiah 61:1,2 (see Septuagint); Isaiah 58:6

Luke 4:42-44

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⁴²At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. ⁴³But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God^(A) to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” ⁴⁴And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.^(B)

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