(A)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore (B)God, your God, has (C)anointed you
    with the oil of (D)gladness (E)beyond your companions;

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You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, (A)has anointed you
    with (B)the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”

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He (A)loves righteousness and justice;
    (B)the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

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For you make him most blessed forever;[a]
    you make him glad with the (A)joy of your presence.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 21:6 Or make him a source of blessing forever

18 And (A)he is the head of the body, the church. He is (B)the beginning, (C)the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For (D)in him all the (E)fullness of God was pleased to dwell,

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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

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

(A)Blessed be (B)the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing (C)in the heavenly places,

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29 For those whom he (A)foreknew he also (B)predestined (C)to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be (D)the firstborn among many brothers.

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28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
    you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

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34 For he whom (A)God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit (B)without measure.

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18 (A)“The Spirit of the Lord (B)is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to (C)proclaim good news to the poor.
(D)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and (E)recovering of sight to the blind,
    (F)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 (G)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and (H)sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were (I)fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today (J)this Scripture (K)has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

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(A)Morning by morning I will destroy
    all the wicked in the land,
(B)cutting off all (C)the evildoers
    from (D)the city of the Lord.

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I will not set before my eyes
    anything (A)that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who (B)fall away;
    it shall not cling to me.
(C)A perverse heart shall be far from me;
    I will (D)know nothing of evil.

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26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, (A)holy, innocent, unstained, (B)separated from sinners, and (C)exalted above the heavens.

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14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise (A)partook of the same things, that (B)through death he might (C)destroy (D)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

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17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to (A)my brothers and say to them, (B)‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to (C)my God and your God.’”

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27 But he will say, ‘I tell you, (A)I do not know where you come from. (B)Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’

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22 and (A)the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and (B)a voice came from heaven, (C)“You are my beloved Son;[a] with you I am well pleased.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:22 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved
  2. Luke 3:22 Some manuscripts beloved Son; today I have begotten you

23 (A)And then will I declare to them, ‘I (B)never knew you; (C)depart from me, (D)you workers of lawlessness.’

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15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.

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(A)The King in his might (B)loves justice.[a]
    You have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 99:4 Or The might of the King loves justice

26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my (A)Father,
    my God, and (B)the Rock of my salvation.’

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20 (A)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have (B)anointed him,

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For the Lord is righteous;
he (A)loves righteous deeds;
    (B)the upright shall behold his face.

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The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his (A)Anointed, saying,

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