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18 “The Spirit of the Lord is with me.
He has anointed me
to tell the Good News to the poor.
He has sent me [a]
to announce forgiveness to the prisoners of sin
and the restoring of sight to the blind,
to forgive those who have been shattered by sin,
19 to announce the year of the Lord’s favor.”

20 Jesus closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue watched him closely.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:18 Some manuscripts and translations add “to heal those who are brokenhearted.”

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