The Year of the Lord's Favor

61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
  2. Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind

18 (A)“The Spirit of the Lord (B)is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to (C)proclaim good news to the poor.
(D)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and (E)recovering of sight to the blind,
    (F)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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The earth was (A)without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

And God said, (B)“Let there be light,” and there was light.

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By (A)the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
    and by (B)the breath of his mouth all (C)their host.

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16 (A)Draw near to me, hear this:
    from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,
    from the time it came to be I have been there.”
And now (B)the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

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For there are three that testify:

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Isaiah's Vision of the Lord

In the year that (A)King Uzziah died I (B)saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[a] of his robe filled the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:1 Or hem

And one called to another and said:

(A)“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
(B)the whole earth is full of his glory!”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:3 Or may his glory fill the whole earth

And because you are sons, God has sent (A)the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

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he saved us, (A)not because of works done by us in righteousness, but (B)according to his own mercy, by (C)the washing of regeneration and (D)renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he (E)poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

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