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16 Jesus at Nazareth.[a]When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, he found the passage where it is written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to bring the good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to prisoners
    and recovery of sight to the blind,
    to let the oppressed go free,
19 and to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

20 Then he rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed intently on him.

21 Then he began by saying to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:16 By reading his own vocation and mission in the great passage from Isaiah (61:1), Jesus will direct the thinking of the Church and every apostle: God’s work is to proclaim salvation to the poor and the oppressed.