Verse
Luke 4:18 — The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to…
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”
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The verses around Luke 4:18.
16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Verse explanation
This quotation from Isaiah 61 works as a summary of Jesus’s mission: announcing good news to the poor, healing the brokenhearted, freeing captives — priorities that appear again and again throughout the rest of the gospel.
From the Luke 4 study in Bible in Stories.
Luke 4:18 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
O Espirito do Senhor está sobre mim, porquanto me ungiu para evangelizar aos pobres, enviou-me a curar os quebrantados do coração,
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
O Espírito do Senhor [está] sobre mim, porque ele me ungiu para evangelizar os pobres, me enviou para curar os contritos de coração;
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
El Espíritu del Señor está sobre mí, porque me ha ungido para anunciar la buena noticia al menesteroso. Me ha enviado para proclamar que los prisioneros serán puestos en libertad, los ciegos verán, los oprimidos serán liberados,
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