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The Lord’s Message of Freedom

61 The Lord God has put his Spirit in me.
    This is because he has appointed me to tell the good news to the poor.
    He has sent me to comfort those whose hearts are broken.
He has sent me to tell the captives they are free.
    He has sent me to tell the prisoners that they are released.

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The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit(A) of the Sovereign Lord(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed(C) me
    to proclaim good news(D) to the poor.(E)
He has sent me to bind up(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom(G) for the captives(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind