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.

But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

"Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One [in whom] My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

"As for Me," says the LORD, "this [is] My covenant with them: My Spirit who [is] upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore."

When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.

"The Spirit of the LORD [is] upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to [the] poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to [the] captives And recovery of sight to [the] blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD."

And John bore witness, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.

"I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

"For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

"Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion."

You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.

" Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated, the Christ).

"For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."

Break forth into joy, sing together, You waste places of Jerusalem! For the LORD has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.

The poor shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the LORD. Let your heart live forever!

The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way.

The humble shall see [this and] be glad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed [are] the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.

"[The] blind see 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.

Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that [the] blind see, [the] lame walk, [the] lepers are cleansed, [the] deaf hear, [the] dead are raised, [the] poor have the gospel preached to them.

For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name [is] Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy [place,] With him [who] has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

For all those [things] My hand has made, And all those [things] exist," Says the LORD. "But on this [one] will I look: On [him who is] poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.

The LORD [is] near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart -- These, O God, You will not despise.

He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.

Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.

Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.

That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,' To those who [are] in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' "They shall feed along the roads, And their pastures [shall be] on all desolate heights.

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, Or the captives of the righteous be delivered?

But thus says the LORD: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, And I will save your children.

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death,

[This is] the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who [were] at Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them:

" As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare [That] I will restore double to you.

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

Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

"Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

'to open their eyes, [in order] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin [leading] to death, or of obedience [leading] to righteousness?

And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.

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.

I thank God -- through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,

and [that] they may come to their senses [and escape] the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to [do] his will.