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The Good News of Deliverance

61 [a]The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good tidings to the afflicted;[b]
    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and the opening of the prison[c] to those who are bound;
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
    and the day of vengeance of our God;
    to comfort all who mourn;

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Footnotes

  1. 61.1-4 cf. Lk 4.18-19.
  2. Isaiah 61:1 Or poor
  3. Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening of the eyes: Heb the opening

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