Luke 4:14-19

Jesus Begins His Ministry

14 ¹And Jesus returned ²in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and ³a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.

15 And ⁴he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 ⁵And he came to ⁶Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And ⁷as was his custom, ⁸he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up ⁹to read.

17 And ¹⁰the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

18 ¹¹"The Spirit of the Lord ¹²is upon me, because he has anointed me to ¹³proclaim good news to the poor. ¹⁴He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and ¹⁵recovering of sight to the blind, ¹⁶to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

19 ¹⁷to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 4:12
• 2. ver. 1; [Acts 1:8]
• 3. ver. 37
• 4. See Matthew 4:23
• 5. For ver. 16-30, [Matthew 13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6]
• 6. Luke 2:39, 51
• 7. [Acts 17:2]
• 8. ver. 31; See Mark 6:2
• 9. Acts 13:15, 27; Acts 15:21
• 10. Luke 3:4; [Acts 8:28]
• 11. Cited from Isaiah 61:1, 2
• 12. ver. 1; [Acts 1:2]
• 13. Matthew 11:5; [Luke 6:20]
• 14. Psalms 146:7, 8
• 15. [Isaiah 42:7; John 9:39; Acts 26:18]
• 16. Isaiah 58:6
• 17. Leviticus 25:10; [Isaiah 49:8; 2 Corinthians 6:2]