Isaiah 42:3
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3 (A)a bruised reed he will not break,
and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
(B)he will faithfully bring forth justice.
Matthew 11:28
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28 (A)Come to (B)me, all who labor and are (C)heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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Ezekiel 34:16
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16 (A)I will seek the lost, (B)and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and (C)the fat and the strong I will destroy.[a] I will feed them in justice.
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- Ezekiel 34:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate I will watch over
Isaiah 40:11
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11 (A)He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
(B)he will gather the lambs in his arms;
(C)he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
Psalm 147:3
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Jeremiah 31:25
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25 For I will (A)satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”
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Isaiah 11:3-4
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3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
(A)He shall not judge by (B)what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by (C)what his ears hear,
4 but (D)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (E)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and (F)with the breath of his lips (G)he shall kill the wicked.
John 20:19-21
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Jesus Appears to the Disciples
19 (A)On the evening (B)of that day, the first day of the week, (C)the doors being locked where the disciples were (D)for fear of the Jews,[a] Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, (E)“Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, (F)he showed them his hands and his side. Then (G)the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As (H)the Father has sent me, (I)even so I am sending you.”
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- John 20:19 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
Isaiah 50:10
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10 Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys (A)the voice of his servant?
(B)Let him who walks in darkness
and has no light
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
Psalm 98:9
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9 before the Lord, for he comes
to (A)judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
Revelation 19:11
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The Rider on a White Horse
11 Then I saw (A)heaven opened, and behold, (B)a white horse! The one sitting on it is called (C)Faithful and True, and (D)in righteousness he judges and makes war.
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John 20:27
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27 Then he said to Thomas, (A)“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”
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John 5:30
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Witnesses to Jesus
30 (A)“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and (B)my judgment is just, because (C)I seek not my own will (D)but the will of him who sent me.
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Luke 22:31-32
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Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial
31 “Simon, Simon, behold, (A)Satan demanded to have you,[a] (B)that he might sift you like wheat, 32 but (C)I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, (D)strengthen your brothers.”
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- Luke 22:31 The Greek word for you (twice in this verse) is plural; in verse 32, all four instances are singular
Matthew 18:10-14
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
10 “See that you do not despise (A)one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven (B)their angels always (C)see the face of my Father who is in heaven.[a] 12 (D)What do you think? (E)If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13 And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14 So (F)it is not the will of my[b] Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
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- Matthew 18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11: For the Son of Man came to save the lost
- Matthew 18:14 Some manuscripts your
Micah 7:9
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9 (A)I will bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until (B)he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
(C)He will bring me out to the light;
I shall look upon his vindication.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
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18 I have heard (A)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
(B)bring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after (C)I had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, (D)I struck my thigh;
(E)I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 (F)Is Ephraim my dear son?
(G)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
(H)Therefore my heart[a] yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels
Jeremiah 30:12-17
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12 “For thus says the Lord:
(A)Your hurt is incurable,
(B)and your wound is grievous.
13 There is none to uphold your cause,
no medicine for your wound,
(C)no healing for you.
14 (D)All your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of (E)an enemy,
the punishment (F)of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
(G)because your sins are flagrant.
15 (H)Why do you cry out over your hurt?
(I)Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
(J)because your sins are flagrant,
I have done these things to you.
16 (K)Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,
and (L)all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
(M)those who plunder you shall be plundered,
(N)and all who prey on you I will make a prey.
17 (O)For I will restore (P)health to you,
and (Q)your wounds I will heal,
declares the Lord,
because (R)they have called you an outcast:
(S)‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’
Isaiah 66:2
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2 (A)All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
(B)But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
Isaiah 61:1-3
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The Year of the Lord's Favor
61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
2 (D)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
(E)and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
(F)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(G)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(H)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, (I)that he may be glorified.[c]
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- Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
- Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
Isaiah 57:15-18
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15 For thus says (A)the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is (B)Holy:
(C)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also (D)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
(E)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 (F)For I will not contend forever,
nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
and the breath of life that I made.
17 Because of the iniquity of his (G)unjust gain I was angry,
I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
18 I have seen his ways, (H)but I will heal him;
I will lead him (I)and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
Isaiah 50:4
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4 The Lord God has given (A)me
the tongue of those who are taught,
that (B)I may know how to sustain with a word
(C)him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
he awakens my ear
to hear as those who are taught.
Isaiah 40:29-31
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29 He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but (A)they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings (B)like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Psalm 96:13
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13 before the Lord, for he comes,
for he comes (A)to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Hebrews 2:17-18
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17 Therefore he had (A)to be made like his brothers in every respect, (B)so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest (C)in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because he himself has suffered (D)when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
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