Luke 4:17-21

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¹⁷The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written:

¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me^[a]
to proclaim release^[b] to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed,
¹⁹to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.^[c]^(A)

²⁰He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down.^(B) And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him. ²¹He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”^(C)

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Footnotes

4:18 Other mss add to heal the brokenhearted,
4:18 Or freedom, or forgiveness
4:18–19 Is 61:1–2

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