Luke 4:17-19
J.B. Phillips New Testament
16-19 Then he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up and, according to his custom, went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day. He stood up to read the scriptures and the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book and found the place where these words are written—‘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 recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord’.
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Luke 4:17-19
New International Version
17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
Footnotes
- Luke 4:19 Isaiah 61:1,2 (see Septuagint); Isaiah 58:6
Luke 4:17-19
English Standard Version
17 And (A)the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 (B)“The Spirit of the Lord (C)is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to (D)proclaim good news to the poor.
(E)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and (F)recovering of sight to the blind,
(G)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 (H)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
Luke 4:17-19
New King James Version
17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
18 “The(A) Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me [a]to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To (B)set at liberty those who are [b]oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
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