Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit-anointed Servant is sent to preach good news to the humble, heal the brokenhearted, and proclaim liberty to captives. This is the mission of the Messiah to bring God's saving deliverance.

Cross-references · 40

• Luke 4:18–19“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 7:22So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
• Isa 42:7to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
• Matt 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
• Ps 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
• Isa 42:1“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 bring justice to the nations.
• Zech 9:11–12As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
• Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
• Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
• Isa 11:2–5The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
• Ps 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
• Isa 49:9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
• Isa 48:16Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
• Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
• John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
• Matt 3:16As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
• John 8:32–36Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
• Matt 5:3–5“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Hos 6:1Come, 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 up our wounds.
• Ps 45:7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
• Ps 22:26The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
• Ps 102:20to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
• John 1:32–33Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
• 2 Tim 2:25–26He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
• Isa 49:24–25Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
• Isa 59:21“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 put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
• Ps 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
• Ps 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
• 2 Cor 7:6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
• Dan 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
• Heb 1:9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
• Ps 69:32The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
• Rom 6:16–22Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
• Rom 7:23–25But 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 that dwells within me.
• Isa 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
• Ps 25:9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
• Ps 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
• John 1:41He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
• Acts 4:27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
• Isa 52:9Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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