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Berean Standard Bible

““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,”

Luke 4:18

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After his temptation in the wilderness, Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit and went to the synagogue in Nazareth, his hometown, on the Sabbath. He stood up to read and was handed the scroll of Isaiah.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

“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,

World English Bible (WEB)

“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 heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

King James Version (KJV)

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,

American Standard Version (ASV)

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

El Espíritu del Señor es sobre mí, por cuanto me ha ungido para dar buenas nuevas á los pobres: me ha enviado para sanar á los quebrantados de corazón; para pregonar á los cautivos libertad, y á los ciegos vista; para poner en libertad á los quebrantados:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

«El Espíritu del Señor está sobre mí, porque me ha ungido para dar buenas noticias a los pobres. Me ha enviado para anunciar libertad a los presos y dar vista a los ciegos, para poner en libertad a los oprimidos,

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