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Luke 4:16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

Luke 4:16 NABRE

He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read

Luke 4:17 NABRE

and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written

Luke 4:18 NABRE

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free

Luke 4:19 NABRE

and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”

Luke 4:20 NABRE

Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.

Luke 4:21 NABRE

He said to them, “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”