Luke 4:18

Rejected At Nazareth

¹⁷ and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, ¹⁸ "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, ¹⁹ to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

Deliverance to the Captives

Good News

Heal the Brokenhearted

Holy Spirit

Preach Deliverance

Bring Good News

Preach the Gospel

Proclaim Liberty

Recovery of Sight to the Blind

Set at Liberty

Spirit of the Lord

Bring Good News

Good Tidings

Preach The Good News

Proclaim Freedom

Proclaim Release

Release To The Captives

Preach Good Tidings

Luke

Messiah

Satan

Sin

Matthew 11:5

The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

Acts 10:38

with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

Psalm 146:7-8

vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord releases the imprisoned.

Isaiah 42:7

to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

Luke 6:20

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

Luke 7:22

So he answered them, "Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

John 3:34

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Genesis 3:15

And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."

2 Chronicles 34:27

You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,' says the Lord.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the Lord and his anointed king.

Psalm 2:6

"I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill."

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.

Psalm 45:7

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit -- O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

Psalm 102:20

in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

Psalm 107:10-16

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.

Isaiah 11:2-5

The Lord's spirit will rest on him -- a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.

Isaiah 29:18-19

At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

Isaiah 32:3

Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

Isaiah 35:5

Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

Isaiah 42:1-4

"Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.

Isaiah 42:16-18

I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

Isaiah 45:13

It is me -- I stir him up and commission him; I will make all his ways level. He will rebuild my city; he will send my exiled people home, but not for a price or a bribe," says the Lord who commands armies.

Isaiah 49:9

You will say to the prisoners, 'Come out,' and to those who are in dark dungeons, 'Emerge.' They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

Isaiah 49:24-25

Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?

Isaiah 50:4

The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

Isaiah 52:2-3

Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion!

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

Isaiah 59:21-2

"As for me, this is my promise to them," says the Lord. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the Lord.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

Ezekiel 9:4

The Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it."

Daniel 9:24

"Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.

Zephaniah 3:12

I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord's presence.

Zechariah 9:11-12

Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the Lord.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

Matthew 4:16

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned."

Matthew 5:3

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Matthew 9:27-30

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

Matthew 12:20

He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.

John 1:41

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ).

John 9:39-41

Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."

John 12:46

I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

Acts 4:27

"For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

Ephesians 5:8-14

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --

Colossians 1:13

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

1 Thessalonians 5:5-6

For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

1 John 2:8-10

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.