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,

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, {and} them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. {wounds: Heb. griefs}

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, {in whom} my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein {is} no water. {by...: or, whose covenant is by blood}

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name {is} Holy; I dwell in the high and holy {place}, with him also {that is} of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

The LORD {is} nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. {unto...: Heb. to the broken of heart} {of a contrite...: Heb. contrite of spirit}

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that {are} in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures {shall be} in all high places.

Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there {am} I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

To open their eyes, {and} to turn {them} from darkness to light, and {from} the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure {unto him}.

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Blessed {are} the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; {those...: Heb. the children of death}

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? {lawful...: Heb. captivity of the just}

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. {set: Heb. anointed} {upon...: Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness}

The sacrifices of God {are} a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

As for me, this {is} my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that {is} upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. {finish: or, restrain} {make an...: or, seal up} {prophecy: Heb. prophet}

The humble shall see {this, and} be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. {humble: or, meek}

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, {even} thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

For all those {things} hath mine hand made, and all those {things} have been, saith the LORD: but to this {man} will I look, {even} to {him that is} poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. {the Christ: or, the Anointed}

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

{This is} the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which {were} at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

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,

As for me, this {is} my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that {is} upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

The LORD {is} nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. {unto...: Heb. to the broken of heart} {of a contrite...: Heb. contrite of spirit}

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord {is}, there {is} liberty.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. {wounds: Heb. griefs}

Blessed {are} the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, {in whom} my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

For all those {things} hath mine hand made, and all those {things} have been, saith the LORD: but to this {man} will I look, {even} to {him that is} poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, {and} them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry {land}. {in families: Heb. in a house}

But {let it be} the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, {even the ornament} of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only {use} not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

The sacrifices of God {are} a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name {is} Holy; I dwell in the high and holy {place}, with him also {that is} of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Blessed {are} the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Who {is} a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

Then said he, These {are} the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. {anointed...: Heb. sons of oil}

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. {reprove: or, argue}

And he said unto them, These {are} the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and {in} the prophets, and {in} the psalms, concerning me.

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; {those...: Heb. the children of death}

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein {is} no water. {by...: or, whose covenant is by blood}

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, {even} thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. {finish: or, restrain} {make an...: or, seal up} {prophecy: Heb. prophet}

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout {all} the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, {is} God;

The LORD {is} their strength, and he {is} the saving strength of his anointed. {their: or, his} {saving...: Heb. strength of salvations}

The meek also shall increase {their} joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. {increase: Heb. add}

For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

The humble shall see {this, and} be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. {humble: or, meek}

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there {am} I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Blessed {are ye} that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed {are ye} that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. {Labour not: or, Work not}

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, {and} sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

{When} the poor and needy seek water, and {there is} none, {and} their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift {it} up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! {O Zion...: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion} {O Jerusalem...: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem}

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour {it} upon his head, and anoint him.

Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up {that which was} broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. {most holy: Heb. holiness of holinesses}

The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

{This is} the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which {were} at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one {that} comforteth the mourners.

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

And I will feed the flock of slaughter, {even} you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. {even...: or, verily the poor} {Bands: or, Binders}

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that {are} in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures {shall be} in all high places.

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve {were} with him,

And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh {is} grass, and all the goodliness thereof {is} as the flower of the field:

And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, {part} of the beaten corn thereof, and {part} of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: {it is} an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, {it shall be} unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways {shall be} made smooth;

But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.

At the end of {every} seven years thou shalt make a release.

And thou shalt take of the blood that {is} upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle {it} upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that {is} therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

This {is the portion} of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day {when} he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;

And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which {was} upon the altar, and sprinkled {it} upon Aaron, {and} upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, {and} his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God {is} upon him: I {am} the LORD.

And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. {consecrate...: Heb. fill their hand}

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes {are} upon the haughty, {that} thou mayest bring {them} down.

O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, {saying},

O LORD, truly I {am} thy servant; I {am} thy servant, {and} the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

The instruments also of the churl {are} evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. {the needy...: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment}

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. {smoking: or, dimly burning} {quench: Heb. quench it}

For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.

Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, {thou} Son of David.

And the people, when they knew {it}, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.

As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman {is} the man; and the head of Christ {is} God.

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. {the Christ: or, the Anointed}

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? {spot: or, fault}