Isa 61:1, Luk 4:18, Joh 8:32-36, Rom 6:18-22, Gal 4:5-7, 22-5:1 | ESV | STEP | The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor ; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , to proclaim liberty to the captives , and the opening of the prison to those who are bound ;

1 ^aThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has ^banointed me
to bring good news to the poor; ^{▼▼Or afflicted}
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and ^dthe opening of the prison to those who are bound; ^{▼▼Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind}

Luke 4:18

18 ^f“The Spirit of the Lord ^gis upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ^hproclaim good news to the poor.
ⁱHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^jrecovering of sight to the blind,
^kto set at liberty those who are oppressed,

John 8:32-36

32 and you will ^lknow the truth, and the truth ^mwill set you free.” 33 They answered him, ⁿ“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^oeveryone who practices sin is a slave ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 35} to sin. 35 ^qThe slave does not remain in the house forever; ^rthe son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Romans 6:18-22

18 and, ^shaving been set free from sin, ^thave become slaves of righteousness. 19 ^uI am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For ^vjust as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members ^was slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

20 ^xFor when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 ^yBut what fruit were you getting at that time from the things ^zof which you are now ashamed? ^aaFor the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you ^abhave been set free from sin and ^achave become slaves of God, ^adthe fruit you get leads to sanctification and ^aeits end, eternal life.

Galatians 4:5-7

5 ^afto redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive ^agadoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent ^ahthe Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then ^aian heir through God.

Galatians 4:22-31

22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, ^ajone by a slave woman and ^akone by a free woman. 23 But ^althe son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while ^amthe son of the free woman was born through promise. 24 Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two ^ancovenants. ^aoOne is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar. 25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia} she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But ^aqthe Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written,

^ar“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”
28 Now you, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts we} brothers, ^atlike Isaac, ^auare children of promise. 29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh ^avpersecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, ^awso also it is now. 30 But what does the Scripture say? ^ax“Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.” 31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but ^ayof the free woman.

Galatians 5:1

Christ Has Set Us Free

1 For ^azfreedom Christ has ^baset us free; ^bbstand firm therefore, and do not submit again to ^bca yoke of ^bdslavery.