Zephaniah 3:14-18

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¹⁴Sing, Daughter Zion;^(A)
    shout aloud,^(B) Israel!
Be glad and rejoice^(C) with all your heart,
    Daughter Jerusalem!
¹⁵The Lord has taken away your punishment,
    he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;^(D)
    never again will you fear^(E) any harm.^(F)
¹⁶On that day
    they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
    do not let your hands hang limp.^(G)
¹⁷The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.^(H)
He will take great delight^(I) in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,^(J)
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”^(K)

¹⁸“I will remove from you
all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
which is a burden and reproach for you.

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Isaiah 12:2-3

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²Surely God is my salvation;^(A)
    I will trust^(B) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,^(C) is my strength^(D) and my defense^[a];
    he has become my salvation.^(E)”
³With joy you will draw water^(F)
    from the wells^(G) of salvation.

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Isaiah 12:2 Or song

Isaiah 12:4

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⁴In that day^(A) you will say:

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;^(B)
make known among the nations^(C) what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.^(D)

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Isaiah 12:4 in all English translations

Philippians 4:4-7

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Final Exhortations

⁴Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!^(A) ⁵Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.^(B) ⁶Do not be anxious about anything,^(C) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.^(D) ⁷And the peace of God,^(E) which transcends all understanding,^(F) will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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Isaiah 61:1

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The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit^(A) of the Sovereign Lord^(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed^(C) me
    to proclaim good news^(D) to the poor.^(E)
He has sent me to bind up^(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom^(G) for the captives^(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,^[a]

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Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

Isaiah 61:1 in all English translations

Luke 4:18

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¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,^(A)
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news^(B) to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,

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Luke 3:10-18

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¹⁰“What should we do then?”^(A) the crowd asked.

¹¹John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”^(B)

¹²Even tax collectors came to be baptized.^(C) “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

¹³“Don’t collect any more than you are required to,”^(D) he told them.

¹⁴Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?”

He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely^(E)—be content with your pay.”

¹⁵The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John^(F) might possibly be the Messiah.^(G) ¹⁶John answered them all, “I baptize you with^[a] water.^(H) But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with^[b] the Holy Spirit and fire.^(I) ¹⁷His winnowing fork^(J) is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”^(K) ¹⁸And with many other words John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to them.