Luke 4:18

“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 liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

Cross References (50)

  • Isaiah 61:1 (245)

    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

  • Matthew 11:5 (117)

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

  • Psalms 146:7–8 (102)

    He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

  • Acts 10:38 (92)

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

  • Luke 7:22 (77)

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

  • Acts 26:18 (70)

    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

  • Isaiah 42:7 (64)

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

  • John 12:46 (61)

    I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

  • 1 Peter 2:9 (52)

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtu

  • Isaiah 29:18–19 (44)

    On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

  • Colossians 1:13 (40)

    He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

  • 1 John 2:8–10 (31)

    Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading

  • Matthew 4:16 (29)

    the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has d

  • Isaiah 32:3 (29)

    Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

  • Isaiah 42:16–18 (28)

    I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:5–6 (25)

    For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

  • Isaiah 35:5 (23)

    Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

  • Matthew 9:27–30 (23)

    As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

  • Psalms 147:3 (22)

    He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

  • Isaiah 11:2–5 (21)

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

  • John 9:39–41 (19)

    Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become b

  • Malachi 4:2 (17)

    “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and lea

  • Luke 6:20 (17)

    Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

  • Isaiah 59:21 (16)

    “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

  • John 3:34 (16)

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

  • Matthew 5:3 (16)

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

  • James 2:5 (15)

    Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He

  • Isaiah 50:4 (15)

    The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning

  • Psalms 102:20 (14)

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

  • Ephesians 5:8–14 (14)

    For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

  • Isaiah 42:1–4 (13)

    “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

  • Psalms 34:18 (13)

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

  • Psalms 2:6 (13)

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

  • Isaiah 57:15 (13)

    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 45:13 (12)

    I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles

  • Isaiah 52:2–3 (12)

    Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter o

  • Daniel 9:24 (12)

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

  • Zephaniah 3:12 (12)

    But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.

  • Isaiah 49:9 (12)

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

  • Psalms 107:10–16 (12)

    Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

  • Isaiah 49:24–25 (12)

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

  • Zechariah 9:11–12 (11)

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

  • Psalms 2:2 (11)

    The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

  • Genesis 3:15 (10)

    And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you wi

  • Psalms 51:17 (10)

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

  • John 1:41 (10)

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

  • Matthew 12:20 (10)

    A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.

  • Isaiah 66:2 (9)

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

  • 2 Chronicles 34:27 (9)

    because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and agains

  • Zechariah 11:11 (9)

    It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD