Isaiah 42:1

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The Servant of the Lord

42 “Here is my servant,^(A) whom I uphold,
my chosen one^(B) in whom I delight;^(C)
I will put my Spirit^(D) on him,
and he will bring justice^(E) to the nations.^(F)

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Matthew 12:18-21

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¹⁸“Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
    the one I love, in whom I delight;^(A)
I will put my Spirit on him,^(B)
    and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
¹⁹He will not quarrel or cry out;
    no one will hear his voice in the streets.
²⁰A bruised reed he will not break,
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
²¹    In his name the nations will put their hope.”^[a]^(C)

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Matthew 12:21 Isaiah 42:1-4

Luke 3:22

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²²and the Holy Spirit descended on him^(A) in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son,^(B) whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”^(C)

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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

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Isaiah 52:13

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The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

¹³See, my servant^(A) will act wisely^[a];
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.^(B)

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Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper

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Philippians 2:7

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⁷rather, he made himself nothing^(A)
by taking the very nature^[a] of a servant,^(B)
being made in human likeness.^(C)

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Philippians 2:7 Or the form

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Isaiah 43:10

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¹⁰“You are my witnesses,^(A)” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant^(B) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know^(C) and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
Before me no god^(D) was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.^(E)

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Matthew 17:5

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⁵While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.^(A) Listen to him!”^(B)

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Matthew 3:16-17

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¹⁶As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened,^(A) and he saw the Spirit of God^(B) descending like a dove and alighting on him. ¹⁷And a voice from heaven^(C) said, “This is my Son,^(D) whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”^(E)

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Isaiah 53:11

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¹¹After he has suffered,^(A)
he will see the light^(B) of life^[a] and be satisfied^[b];
by his knowledge^[c] my righteous servant^(C) will justify^(D) many,
and he will bear their iniquities.^(E)

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Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) ¹¹He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him

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1 Peter 2:4

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The Living Stone and a Chosen People

⁴As you come to him, the living Stone^(A)—rejected by humans but chosen by God^(B) and precious to him—

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Ephesians 3:8

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⁸Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,^(A) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles^(B) the boundless riches of Christ,^(C)

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Isaiah 41:8

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⁸“But you, Israel, my servant,^(A)
Jacob, whom I have chosen,^(B)
you descendants of Abraham^(C) my friend,^(D)

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Ephesians 1:6

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⁶to the praise of his glorious grace,^(A) which he has freely given us in the One he loves.^(B)

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John 3:34

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³⁴For the one whom God has sent^(A) speaks the words of God, for God^[a] gives the Spirit^(B) without limit.

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John 3:34 Greek he

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Colossians 1:13

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¹³For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness^(A) and brought us into the kingdom^(B) of the Son he loves,^(C)

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Isaiah 50:4-9

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⁴The Sovereign Lord^(A) has given me a well-instructed tongue,^(B)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.^(C)
He wakens me morning by morning,^(D)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.^(E)
⁵The Sovereign Lord^(F) has opened my ears;^(G)
    I have not been rebellious,^(H)
    I have not turned away.
⁶I offered my back to those who beat^(I) me,
    my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;^(J)
I did not hide my face
    from mocking and spitting.^(K)
⁷Because the Sovereign Lord^(L) helps^(M) me,
    I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,^(N)
    and I know I will not be put to shame.^(O)
⁸He who vindicates^(P) me is near.^(Q)
    Who then will bring charges against me?^(R)
    Let us face each other!^(S)
Who is my accuser?
    Let him confront me!
⁹It is the Sovereign Lord^(T) who helps^(U) me.
    Who will condemn^(V) me?
They will all wear out like a garment;
    the moths^(W) will eat them up.

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Isaiah 11:2-5

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²The Spirit^(A) of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom^(B) and of understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and of might,^(C)
    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
³and he will delight in the fear^(D) of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,^(E)
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;^(F)
⁴but with righteousness^(G) he will judge the needy,^(H)
    with justice^(I) he will give decisions for the poor^(J) of the earth.
He will strike^(K) the earth with the rod of his mouth;^(L)
    with the breath^(M) of his lips he will slay the wicked.^(N)
⁵Righteousness will be his belt^(O)
    and faithfulness^(P) the sash around his waist.^(Q)

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Ephesians 1:4

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⁴For he chose us^(A) in him before the creation of the world^(B) to be holy and blameless^(C) in his sight. In love^(D)

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Acts 10:38

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³⁸how God anointed^(A) Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing^(B) all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.^(C)

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Isaiah 59:21

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²¹“As for me, this is my covenant^(A) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,^(B) who is on you, will not depart from you,^(C) and my words that I have put in your mouth^(D) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.

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Isaiah 49:3-8

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³He said to me, “You are my servant,^(A)
    Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.^(B)”
⁴But I said, “I have labored in vain;^(C)
    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,^(D)
    and my reward^(E) is with my God.”^(F)

⁵And now the Lord says—
    he who formed me in the womb^(G) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
    and gather Israel^(H) to himself,
for I am^[a] honored^(I) in the eyes of the Lord
    and my God has been my strength^(J)—
⁶he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant^(K)
    to restore the tribes of Jacob
    and bring back those of Israel I have kept.^(L)
I will also make you a light^(M) for the Gentiles,^(N)
    that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”^(O)

⁷This is what the Lord says—
    the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel^(P)—
to him who was despised^(Q) and abhorred by the nation,
    to the servant of rulers:
“Kings^(R) will see you and stand up,
    princes will see and bow down,^(S)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,^(T)
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen^(U) you.”

Restoration of Israel

⁸This is what the Lord says:

“In the time of my favor^(V) I will answer you,
    and in the day of salvation I will help you;^(W)
I will keep^(X) you and will make you
    to be a covenant for the people,^(Y)
to restore the land^(Z)
    and to reassign its desolate inheritances,^(AA)

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Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be

Psalm 89:19-20

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¹⁹Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰I have found David^(A) my servant;^(B)
    with my sacred oil^(C) I have anointed^(D) him.

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1 Peter 2:6

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⁶For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,^(A)
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”^[a]^(B)

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1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16

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Romans 15:8-16

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⁸For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews^[a]^(A) on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises^(B) made to the patriarchs might be confirmed ⁹and, moreover, that the Gentiles^(C) might glorify God^(D) for his mercy. As it is written:

“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”^[b]^(E)

¹⁰Again, it says,

“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”^[c]^(F)

¹¹And again,

“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
let all the peoples extol him.”^[d]^(G)

¹²And again, Isaiah says,

“The Root of Jesse^(H) will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”^[e]^(I)

¹³May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace^(J) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.^(K)

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

¹⁴I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness,^(L) filled with knowledge^(M) and competent to instruct one another. ¹⁵Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me^(N) ¹⁶to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles.^(O) He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God,^(P) so that the Gentiles might become an offering^(Q) acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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Romans 15:8 Greek circumcision
Romans 15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49
Romans 15:10 Deut. 32:43
Romans 15:11 Psalm 117:1
Romans 15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)

Isaiah 42:1 New International Version

The Servant of the Lord

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