“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news 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 — Isaiah 61:1–2 is the text Jesus reads and applies to himself. The Spirit of the Lord is on me: the anointing claimed here is the baptismal Spirit-filling. The five elements of the mission — good news to the poor, freedom for prisoners, sight for the blind, freedom for the oppressed, and proclamation of the year of the Lord's favor — are the Luke program statement.
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