Jesus Begins His Ministry

14 (A)Now after John was arrested, Jesus (B)came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,

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Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds

23 (A)And he went throughout all Galilee, (B)teaching in their synagogues and (C)proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and (D)healing every disease and every affliction among the people.

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Jesus Begins His Ministry

12 Now when he heard that (A)John had been arrested, (B)he withdrew into Galilee.

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17 And he came and (A)preached peace to you who were (B)far off and peace to those who were (C)near.

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Women Accompanying Jesus

Soon afterward he went on (A)through cities and villages, proclaiming and (B)bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,

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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.”

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The Harvest Is Plentiful, the Laborers Few

35 (A)And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.

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The Year of the Lord's Favor

61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
(D)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
    (E)and the day of vengeance of our God;
    to comfort all who mourn;
to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
    (F)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(G)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
    the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(H)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
    the planting of the Lord, (I)that he may be glorified.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
  2. Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
  3. Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty

23 When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening (A)he expounded to them, testifying to (B)the kingdom of God and (C)trying to convince them about Jesus (D)both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.

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25 And now, behold, (A)I know that none of you among whom I have gone about (B)proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.

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43 but he said to them, (A)“I must (B)preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” 44 And he was preaching (C)in the synagogues of Judea.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:44 Some manuscripts Galilee

and he said to his servants, (A)“This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”

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John the Baptist Exalts Christ

22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and (A)was baptizing. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 24 (for (B)John had not yet been put in prison).

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20 added this to them all, that (A)he locked up John in prison.

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(A)Now when John heard (B)in prison about the deeds of (C)the Christ, he sent word by (D)his disciples

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