Matthew 12:18
Good News Translation
"Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, the one I love, and with whom I am pleased. I will send my Spirit upon him, and he will announce my judgment to the nations.

New Revised Standard Version
“Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Contemporary English Version
"Here is my chosen servant! I love him, and he pleases me. I will give him my Spirit, and he will bring justice to the nations.

New American Bible
“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall place my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

Behold.

my servant.

Isaiah 49:5,6 And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I may bring back Jacob unto him, and Israel will not be gathered together: and I am glorified in the eyes of the Lord, and my God is made my strength. . . .

Isaiah 52:13 Behold my servant shall understand, he shall be exalted, and extolled, and shall be exceeding high.

Isaiah 53:11 Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities.

Zechariah 3:8 Hear, O Jesus thou high priest, thou and thy friends that dwell before thee, for they are portending men: for behold, I WILL BRING MY SERVANT THE ORIENT.

Philippians 2:6,7 Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: . . .

whom I.

Psalm 89:19 Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.

Isaiah 49:1-3 Give ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye people from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother he hath been mindful of my name. . . .

Luke 23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers with them derided him, saying: He saved others: let him save himself, if he be Christ, the elect of God.

1 Peter 2:4 Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen and made honourable by God:

my beloved.

Matthew 3:17 And behold a voice from heaven saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 17:5 And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.

Mark 1:11 And there came a voice from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

Mark 9:7 And there was a cloud overshadowing them. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying: This is my most beloved Son. Hear ye him.

Luke 9:35 And a voice came out of the cloud; saying: This is my beloved son. Hear him.

Ephesians 1:6 Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us, in his beloved son.

Colossians 1:1,13 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother: . . .

*marg:

2 Peter 1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, this voice coming down to him from the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.

I will.

Matthew 3:16 And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened to him: and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.

Isaiah 11:2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.

Isaiah 59:20,21 And there shall come a redeemer to Sion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 61:1-3 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up. . . .

Luke 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape, as a dove, upon him. And a voice came from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son. In thee I am well pleased.

Luke 4:18 The 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,

John 1:32-34 And John gave testimony, saying: I saw the Spirit coming down, as a dove from heaven; and he remained upon him. . . .

John 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God doth not give the Spirit by measure.

Acts 10:38 Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

and he.

Isaiah 32:15,16 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest. . . .

Isaiah 49:6 And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.

Isaiah 60:2,3 For behold darkness shall cover the earth, and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. . . .

Isaiah 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy just one, and all kings thy glorious one: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

Jeremiah 16:19 O Lord, my might, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.

Luke 2:31,32 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples: . . .

Acts 11:18 Having heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying: God then hath also to the Gentiles given repentance, unto life.

Acts 13:46-48 Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles. . . .

Acts 14:27 And when they were come and had assembled the church, they related what great things God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 26:17,18 Delivering thee from the people and from the nations unto which now I send thee: . . .

Romans 15:9-12 But that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles and will sing to thy name. . . .

Ephesians 2:11-13 For which cause be mindful that you, being heretofore gentiles is the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands: . . .

Ephesians 3:5-8 Which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit: . . .

Context
God's Chosen Servant
17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying: 18Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 19He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.…
Cross References
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.

Matthew 3:17
And behold a voice from heaven saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 12:17
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:

Matthew 17:5
And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.

Mark 1:11
And there came a voice from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

Luke 4:18
The 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,

Luke 9:35
And a voice came out of the cloud; saying: This is my beloved son. Hear him.

John 3:34
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God doth not give the Spirit by measure.

Matthew 12:17
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