Luke 4:18
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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;
Isaiah 61:1
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The Good News of Salvation
61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up
Matthew 11:5
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5 (A)The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and (B)the poor have the gospel preached to them.
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Acts 10:38
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38 how (A)God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who (B)went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, (C)for God was with Him.
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Luke 7:22
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Acts 26:18
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18 (A)to open their eyes, in order (B)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (C)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (D)an inheritance among those who are (E)sanctified[a] by faith in Me.’
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- Acts 26:18 set apart
Isaiah 42:7
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7 (A)To open blind eyes,
To (B)bring out prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in (C)darkness from the prison house.
John 12:46
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46 (A)I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.
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1 Peter 2:9
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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 (A)darkness into His marvelous light;
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Isaiah 29:18-19
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18 (A)In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
19 (B)The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
And (C)the poor among men shall rejoice
In the Holy One of Israel.
Colossians 1:13
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13 He has delivered us from (A)the power of darkness (B)and [a]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
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- Colossians 1:13 transferred
1 John 2:8-10
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8 Again, (A)a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, (B)because the darkness is passing away, and (C)the true light is already shining.
9 (D)He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 (E)He who loves his brother abides in the light, and (F)there is no cause for stumbling in him.
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Isaiah 32:3
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3 (A)The eyes of those who see will not be dim,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
Matthew 4:16
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16 (A)The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”
1 Thessalonians 5:5-6
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5 You are all (A)sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6 (B)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but (C)let us watch and be [a]sober.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled
Isaiah 42:16-18
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16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them,
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them,
And not forsake them.
17 They shall be (A)turned back,
They shall be greatly ashamed,
Who trust in carved images,
Who say to the molded images,
‘You are our gods.’
18 “Hear, you deaf;
And look, you blind, that you may see.
Psalm 147:3
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Footnotes
- Psalm 147:3 Lit. sorrows
Matthew 9:27-30
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Two Blind Men Healed
27 When Jesus departed from there, (A)two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, (B)“Son of David, have mercy on us!”
28 And when He had come 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 let it be to you.” 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, (C)“See that no one knows it.”
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Isaiah 35:5
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John 9:39-41
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39 And Jesus said, (A)“For judgment I have come into this world, (B)that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, (C)and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
41 Jesus said to them, (D)“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
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Matthew 5:3
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3 “Blessed(A) are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Malachi 4:2
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2 But to you who (A)fear My name
The (B)Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
Isaiah 59:21-60:2
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21 “As(A) for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”
The Gentiles Bless Zion
Isaiah 11:2-5
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2 (A)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 His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
4 But (B)with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall (C)strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.
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