Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Cross References (41)

  • Luke 4:18–19 (295)

    “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim

  • Luke 7:22 (160)

    So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lep

  • Isaiah 42:7 (149)

    to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison h

  • Matthew 11:5 (134)

    The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news i

  • Psalms 147:3 (115)

    He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

  • Isaiah 42:1 (111)

    “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will br

  • Zechariah 9:11–12 (90)

    As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

  • Acts 10:38 (87)

    how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing

  • Isaiah 57:15 (85)

    For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy

  • Isaiah 11:2–5 (85)

    The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the

  • Psalms 34:18 (74)

    The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

  • Isaiah 49:9 (72)

    to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and

  • Isaiah 48:16 (67)

    Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was the

  • Acts 26:18 (63)

    to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may recei

  • John 3:34 (62)

    For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

  • Matthew 3:16 (54)

    As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of G

  • John 8:32–36 (52)

    Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

  • Matthew 5:3–5 (51)

    “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  • Hosea 6:1 (51)

    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind

  • Psalms 22:26 (46)

    The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

  • Psalms 45:7 (46)

    You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with

  • Psalms 102:20 (43)

    to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

  • John 1:32–33 (43)

    Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

  • 2 Timothy 2:25–26 (42)

    He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of th

  • Isaiah 49:24–25 (41)

    Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

  • Psalms 2:6 (38)

    “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

  • Psalms 51:17 (38)

    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

  • Isaiah 59:21 (37)

    “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have

  • 2 Corinthians 7:6 (35)

    But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

  • Daniel 9:24 (35)

    Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make

  • Romans 6:16–22 (34)

    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are s

  • Hebrews 1:9 (34)

    You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with

  • Psalms 69:32 (34)

    The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

  • Romans 7:23–25 (32)

    But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin th

  • Isaiah 66:2 (32)

    Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem:

  • Psalms 25:9 (31)

    He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.

  • Psalms 149:4 (30)

    For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

  • John 1:41 (30)

    He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

  • Acts 4:27 (27)

    In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel again

  • Isaiah 52:9 (25)

    Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusale

  • Jeremiah 34:8 (24)

    After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah