In his hometown synagogue, Jesus was handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He read the words there: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor,” he read. “He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke 4:18–19).
