Luke 4:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 4:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
πνεῦμα
pneûma
G4151
spirit
κυρίου
kýrios
G2962
Lord
ἐπ’
epí
G1909
upon
ἐμέ
egṓ
G1473
I
οὗ
hós
G3739
who
εἵνεκεν
héneka
G1752
for
ἔχρισέν
chríō
G5548
to anoint
με
egṓ
G1473
I
εὐαγγελίσασθαι
euangelízō
G2097
to evangelize
πτωχοῖς
ptōchós
G4434
poor
ἀπέσταλκέν
apostéllō
G649
to send away
με
egṓ
G1473
I
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World English Bible Public Domain
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, Because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to the captives, Recovering of sight to the blind, To deliver those who are crushed,
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King James Version Public Domain
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,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“The Spirit of the Lord upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).