Luke 4:19
Good News Translation
and announce that the time has come when the Lord will save his people."

New Revised Standard Version
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Contemporary English Version
and to say, 'This is the year the Lord has chosen.'"

New American Bible
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
To preach deliverance to the captives and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of reward.

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To preach deliverance to the captives and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of reward.

Luke 19:42 If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes.

Leviticus 25:8-13,50-54 Thou shalt also number to thee seven weeks of years: that is to say, seven times seven, which together make forty-nine years. . . .

Numbers 36:4 And so it shall come to pass, that when the jubilee, the is, the fiftieth year of remission, is come, the distribution made by the lots shall be confounded, and the possession of the one shall pass to the others.

Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn:

Isaiah 63:4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart, the year of my redemption is come.

2 Corinthians 6:1 And we helping do exhort you that you receive not the grace of God in vain.

Context
The Rejection at Nazareth
18The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart, 19To preach deliverance to the captives and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of reward. 20And when he had folded the book, he restored it to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.…
Cross References
Leviticus 25:10
And thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee. Every man shall return to his possession, and every one shall go back to his former family:

Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Isaiah 61:2
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn:

Luke 4:18
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