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Theb 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 brokenhearteda, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recoveringb of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,*c

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Isa. 61:1• ¹The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and opening of the prison to the bound; (Isa. 61:1)

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2 Chron. 34:27• ²⁷Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee , saith Jehovah. (2 Chron. 34:27)

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Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸Jehovah [is] nigh unto the broken in heart{HR}And he saveth the contrite in spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Psa. 51:17• ¹⁷The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit;{HR}A heart broken and contrite, Ο God, thou wilt not despise. (Psa. 51:17)

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Psa. 147:3• ³The healer of the broken-hearted,{HR}And binding up their wounds. (Psa. 147:3)

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Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

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Isa. 42:3• ³A crushed reed shall he not break, and dim flax shall he not quench; he shall bring forth judgment in truth. (Isa. 42:3)

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Matt. 12:20• ²⁰a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory; (Matt. 12:20)

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Spirit.

Psa. 45:7• ⁷Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness:{HR}Therefore God, [even] thy God,{HR}Hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. (Psa. 45:7)

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Isa. 11:2‑5• ²and the spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah;
³and his delight will be in the fear of Jehovah: and he will not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
⁴but with righteousness will he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he will smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips will he slay the wicked [one].
⁵And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. (Isa. 11:2‑5)

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Isa. 42:1‑4• ¹Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect [in whom] my soul delighteth I have put my Spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.
²He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
³A crushed reed shall he not break, and dim flax shall he not quench; he shall bring forth judgment in truth.
⁴He shall not faint nor be crushed till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. (Isa. 42:1‑4)

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Isa. 50:4• ⁴The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to speak a word in season to the weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed. (Isa. 50:4)

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Isa. 59:21• ²¹And as for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith Jehovah, My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and forever. (Isa. 59:21)

anointed.

Psa. 2:2,6• ²The kings of the earth set themselves,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}Against Jehovah and against his anointed:
⁶"Yet have I anointed my king upon Zion{HR}The mountain of my holiness." (Psa. 2:2,6)

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Psa. 2• (Psa. 2)

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Dan. 9:24• ²⁴seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. (Dan. 9:24)

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John 1:41• ⁴¹He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah (which interpreted is Christ), (John 1:41)

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Acts 4:27• ²⁷For of a truth in this city against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with Gentiles and peoples of Israel were gathered, (Acts 4:27)

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Acts 10:38• ³⁸Jesus of Nazareth how that God anointed him with [the] Holy Spirit and power; who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him. (Acts 10:38)

to preach.

Luke 6:20• ²⁰And he, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed [are] ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. (Luke 6:20)

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Luke 7:22• ²²And Jesus answering said to them, Go, bring back word to John what ye have seen and heard: that blind see, lame walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf hear, dead are raised, the poor are evangelized; (Luke 7:22)

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Isa. 29:19• ¹⁹and the meek shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the needy among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 29:19)

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Zeph. 3:12• ¹²I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah. (Zeph. 3:12)

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Zech. 11:11• ¹¹And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock that gave heed to me knew that it was the word of Jehovah. (Zech. 11:11)

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Matt. 5:3• ³Blessed the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 5:3)

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Matt. 11:5• ⁵Blind [men] see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them: (Matt. 11:5)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those that love him? (James 2:5)

to heal.

2 Chron. 34:27• ²⁷Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee , saith Jehovah. (2 Chron. 34:27)

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Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸Jehovah [is] nigh unto the broken in heart{HR}And he saveth the contrite in spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Psa. 51:17• ¹⁷The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit;{HR}A heart broken and contrite, Ο God, thou wilt not despise. (Psa. 51:17)

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Psa. 147:3• ³The healer of the broken-hearted,{HR}And binding up their wounds. (Psa. 147:3)

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Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

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Isa. 66:2• ²Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:2)

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Ezek. 9:4• ⁴Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. (Ezek. 9:4)

to preach deliverance.

Psa. 102:20• ²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner,{HR}To loose the sons of death, (Psa. 102:20)

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Psa. 107:10‑16• ¹⁰Dwellers in darkness and death-shade,{HR}Bound in affliction and iron,
¹¹Because they resisted the words of God ,{HR}And despised the counsel of the Most High,
¹²Therefore (and) he bowed down their heart with labour;{HR}They stumbled, and [there was] no helper.
¹³And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress:{HR}Out of their straits he saveth them;
¹⁴He bringeth them out of darkness and death-shade,{HR}And their bonds he rendeth.
¹⁵O that [they] might give thanks to Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
¹⁶For he broke the gates of brass{HR}And cut off the bars of iron. (Psa. 107:10‑16)

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Psa. 146:7• ⁷Doing judgment for the oppressed,{HR}Giving bread to the hungry.{HR}Jehovah looseth the prisoners; (Psa. 146:7)

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Isa. 42:7• ⁷to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house. (Isa. 42:7)

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Isa. 45:13• ¹³I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 45:13)

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Isa. 49:9,24‑25• ⁹saying to the prisoners, Go forth, to them that [are] in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures [shall be] on all bare heights.
²⁴Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
²⁵For thus saith Jehovah, Even the captive of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: and I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. (Isa. 49:9,24‑25)

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Isa. 52:2‑3• ²Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit thee down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
³For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. (Isa. 52:2‑3)

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Zech. 9:11‑12• ¹¹As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
¹²Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will render double unto thee; (Zech. 9:11‑12)

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Col. 1:13• ¹³who delivered us from the authority of darkness and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love: (Col. 1:13)

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Psa. 146:8• ⁸Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind;{HR}Jehovah raiseth the bowed down;{HR}Jehovah loveth the righteous; (Psa. 146:8)

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Isa. 29:18‑19• ¹⁸And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and out of obscurity and out of darkness the eyes of the blind shall see;
¹⁹and the meek shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the needy among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 29:18‑19)

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Isa. 32:3• ³And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. (Isa. 32:3)

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Isa. 35:5• ⁵Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf be unstopped. (Isa. 35:5)

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Isa. 42:16‑18• ¹⁶And I will bring the blind by a way they know not, in paths they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do to them, and I will not forsake them.
¹⁷They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, [Ye are] our gods.
¹⁸Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. (Isa. 42:16‑18)

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Isa. 60:1‑2• ¹Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
²For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples: but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. (Isa. 60:1‑2)

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Mal. 4:2• ²But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall. (Mal. 4:2)

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Matt. 4:16• ¹⁶-- the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in [the] country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up. (Matt. 4:16)

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Matt. 9:27‑30• ²⁷And as Jesus passed on thence, two blind [men] followed him, crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David.
²⁸And when he was come to the house, the blind [men] came to him. And Jesus says to them, Do ye believe that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yea, Lord.
²⁹Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it unto you.
³⁰And their eyes were opened; and Jesus charged them sharply, saying, See, let no man know it. (Matt. 9:27‑30)

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Matt. 11:5• ⁵Blind [men] see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them: (Matt. 11:5)

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John 9:39‑41• ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that they that see not may see, and they that see may become blind.
⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees that were with him heard these things , and said to him, Are we blind also?
⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remaineth. (John 9:39‑41)

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John 12:46• ⁴⁶I am come a light into the world, that every one that believeth on me may not abide in darkness. (John 12:46)

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Acts 26:18• ¹⁸to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness unto light and the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among those that are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:18)

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Eph. 5:8‑14• ⁸for ye were once darkness but now [are] light in the Lord: walk as children of light
⁹(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
¹⁰proving what is agreeable to the Lord;
¹¹and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather also reprove;
¹²for the things in secret done by them it is shameful even to speak of,
¹³but all of them, when reproved by the light, are made manifest; for everything that maketh manifest is light.
¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise out of [the] dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:8‑14)

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1 Thess. 5:5‑6• ⁵for ye all are sons of light and sons of day: we are not of night nor of darkness.
⁶So, then, let us not sleep as [do] the rest, but let us watch and be sober. (1 Thess. 5:5‑6)

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1 Peter 2:9• ⁹But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)

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1 John 2:8‑10• ⁸Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing, and the true light already shineth.
⁹He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in the darkness until now.
¹⁰He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. (1 John 2:8‑10)

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Gen. 3:15• ¹⁵And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel. (Gen. 3:15)

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Isa. 42:3• ³A crushed reed shall he not break, and dim flax shall he not quench; he shall bring forth judgment in truth. (Isa. 42:3)

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Matt. 12:20• ²⁰a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory; (Matt. 12:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The Spirit of the Lordd is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered,

JND Translation Notes

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"Jehovah";

W. Kelly Translation

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[The] Spirit of [the] Lorda is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he hath sent me [to heal the broken-heartedb], to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight, to send forth [the] crushed delivered,

WK Translation Notes

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Jehovah.

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Some MSS. insert "to heal the broken-hearted." The Edd. reject these words.