“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;^(C)
    at the time it happens, I am there.”

And now the Sovereign Lord^(D) has sent^(E) me,
    endowed with his Spirit.^(F)

¹⁸ “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,^(A)
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news^(B) to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,